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That said, we increasingly find ourselves looking elsewhere to ride because there are simply not enough non-fire-road trails in Marin that are open to mountain bikes.

I understand that mountain bikers are now about a third of the users of Marin open space lands, but they only have access to about 10-15 percent of the single-track trails. I don’t know how many times I’ve come across awesome-looking trails only to find that they are not open to mountain bikes. We are greatly disappointed that in the county where modern mountain biking was born, this growing user group is only allowed to enjoy a fraction of the public trails.

I have ridden in many other places like An-nadel State Park in Santa Rosa, Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland, Rockville Park in Fairfield, Skyline Park in Napa and Crockett Park [in Crockett], where most narrow trails are open

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to all users and everyone coexists on the trails just fine. If people can share there, why can’t they in Marin?

Jeannine C. Pires, Benicia

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dent living facilities for one or more per-sons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, sanitation and parking. An accessory dwelling unit also includes manufactured homes.

“Junior Accessory Dwelling Units [are] a type of accessory dwelling unit that is accessory to and included within a legal primary dwelling on the same site. A junior accessory dwelling unit provides in-dependent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating and cooking. Cooking and food preparation facilities shall be limited to an efficiency kitchen ... Sanitation facilities may be independently provided for the junior accessory dwelling unit or may be shared with occupants of the primary dwelling, provided interior access is available.”

A junior unit in the city can be between 150 square-feet and 500 square-feet. Junior units are inside the main home and may or may not share a bathroom. In Novato, they will have dedicated exterior access, making them a separate living arrange-ment from the main dwelling. There may be a door between the junior unit and the main house. But that door may be closed and unused, much like a door between rooms in a hotel. The door, however, also could be open, giving the occupants of the main house and the junior unit options to alter their living arrangement. The key is that owners of the main house can convert a bedroom to a junior second unit by, at the least, adding a sink and counter space to accommodate small electric appliances. No gas connections are allowed. The junior unit may have a bathroom, but it

A little community pressure on the North Marin Water District (NMWD) signaled the possibility

of a second-unit bloom in Marin County.The fertilization of the second-unit con-

cept comes as part of a push to persuade water districts that are charging regular water connection fees for what are called junior second units makes little sense and stymies a housing model that could break an impasse in the affordable housing debate—or at least contribute to breaking the impasse.

At issue is whether a new paradigm of housing (actually it’s an old model) should be subjected to the same regulatory and fee requirements as a full second unit. Junior second units are a relatively new concept, or a reborn concept, and utility districts have no rules for them—yet.

If proponents of the new housing model can lower the fee barrier and reduce the amount that homeowners must pay to hook up utilities to new junior second units, they could provide some of the low-est rental units in the Marin market.

The NMWD is working to set connec-tion fees for the junior units. Proponents say that the fees, if any, should be set low enough to encourage homeowners to build junior units.

Virtually everyone agrees that the county needs housing for its younger residents that allows them to remain in Marin. The county and its cities also need

housing for the increasingly large older population that al-lows older residents to remain in the county in private houses. Junior second units fit the bill, say proponents.

And to top off the attraction, they add, the state says that the junior units qualify as housing when it’s time to tally residential stock for regional housing need calculations. That should satisfy members of the community who balk at creating new hous-ing along the Highway 101 corridor and its arterials to satisfy state mandates.

Junior second units, while far from a panacea when it comes to providing affordable housing, could go a long way toward adding an important link in a continuum of housing options—one that currently doesn’t exist to any appreciable extent.

Late last year, Novato passed an ordi-nance that set rules and regulations for ju-nior second units, which the city included as a possibility in its housing element. The city codified the philosophical stance with the ordinance.

It delineates the differences between full second units and junior units. “Accessory Dwelling Units [are] a second permanent dwelling that is accessory to a legal prima-ry dwelling on the same site. An accessory dwelling unit provides complete indepen-


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may not have one, and occupants may use the bathroom in the main house. It’s up to residents of the structure.

Rachel Ginis knows the value of junior second units. About 15 years ago, she was a single mother living in Corte Madera, trying hard to make ends meet in her single-family home. She realized that renting space in her home could generate much-needed income to cover expenses. But her ideas went beyond renting just a bedroom. By creating what amounted to a junior second unit, Ginis arrived at a solu-tion that allowed her to bring in rent on a temporary basis.

The glitch, she discovered, was that Corte Madera had no ordinances that al-lowed her creation to exist.

That seemed to make no sense then, and proponents say it makes no sense now. Paying relatively high connection fees for water, power and sewer is unfair because no new connections are required for a ju-nior second unit, unlike new connections to a detached full second unit. Ginis is a residential designer and understood the possibilities that the fees were blocking in-novation. “I recognized the point that they hurt everybody,” she says, “the homeown-ers as well as the prospective residents of the junior unit. I recognized that the fees made no sense; they were unreasonable.”

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1. San Rafael is Marin County’s oldest continuous settlement, dating from the found-ing of the Mission San Rafael Arcángel. In what year (ending with 7) was the mission founded?

2. What tropical lizard has the ability to change color and adapt to its environment?

3. What song is traditionally sung before the running of the Kentucky Derby horse race, and who wrote it?

4. VISUAL: Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ outstanding TV career includes significant roles in what four series?

5. Which five U.S. states have Spanish names?

6. VISUAL: Identify this mythological winged horse, the son of Medusa and Poseidon, Greek god of the sea.

7. Before moving to Oakland in 1968, the Athletics played home games in what two cities?

8. What is the name of the music group from Europe, first popular in the 1970s, that can be spelled the same backwards, forwards and in mirror image (the way the group wrote it)?

9. VISUAL: What is the name of this Chinese symbol and what do the translated words mean in English?

10. Literary character Phileas Fogg was willing to make a £20,000 pound bet that he could travel where, and in what time period?

BONUS QUESTION: Identify two assassinated leaders of India with the same last name (although they were not closely related).

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FRIDAY, APRIL 24 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian For most visi-tors, the Battle of the Smithsonian is drag-ging the kids past the gift shop without spending any money. (2009) Fox. 8pmBruce Jenner: The Interview Researchers say that the best way for a middle-aged Olympic medalist with a neurotic need for attention to explore feelings about sexual identity is in a two-hour, nationally televised interview. ABC. 9pm.Hangar 1: The UFO Files Apparently, there are people who think Men in Black was a documentary. History Channel. 10pm.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25 The Incredible Hulk This is the newer one with more action and less angst than the 2003 Ang Lee ver-sion. He just gets mad and turns into the Hulk. He doesn’t schedule a session with his therapist first. (2008) FX. 4pm.When Calls the Heart We know many viewers find period dramas very romantic, but when you put the romantic interest in a Dudley Do-Right mountie suit you risk what cinema historians call “unintentional com-edy.” Hallmark Channel. 8pm.Lake Placid vs. Anaconda The giant alliga-tor from the terrible giant alligator movie and the giant snake from the terrible giant snake movie come together for a terrible giant alli-gator and giant snake movie. SyFy. 9pm.

SUNDAY, APRIL 26 AD: The Bible Con-tinues We forgot that The Bible was an action flick. These look like passages from the Gospel of Jerry Bruckheimer. NBC. 8pm.The Avengers With the sequel opening on Friday, now might be a good time to brush up on the background and subplots. Don’t worry. There won’t be a test. Unless you’re a 12-year-old boy—then there will totally be a test. (2012) FX. 8pm.Stalked by My Neighbor Well, at least it’s convenient for both of you! (2015) Lifetime Channel. 8pm.

MONDAY, APRIL 27 The Little Mermaid A mermaid princess decides to abandon her royal heritage and aquatic life when she falls in love with a land-dweller prince. Something similar happens to a lot of young women. But they usually dump him in their sophomore year. (1989) ABC Family. 7pm.Castle When a sky marshal is murdered on their flight, Castle and Alexis must solve the mystery before the plane lands. On the plus side, they get all of his frequent flier miles. ABC. 10pm.The Tonight Show In the closing days of The Avengers hype circus, Robert Downey

Jr. reveals that Ultron is dating Siri. NBC. 11:35pm.

TUESDAY APRIL 28 Dancing with the Stars This is the10-year anniversary highlights show, including such treasured moments as the time we unplugged the TV so that we wouldn’t even know that it was on. ABC. 8pm.Black Swan Natalie Portman plays a bal-lerina who descends into an obsessive spiral of self-hate and ambition as she games to be the lead dancer. Gee, we always thought that the ballet world was filled with confi-dent young women with strong self-esteem and healthy body images. (2011) Logo. 8:30pm.Last Days of the Nazis It turns out that there was no foosball table in Hitler’s bun-ker. History Channel. 9pm.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 Flashdance Don’t let anybody tell you that exotic danc-ing and professional welding are mutually exclusive career choices. (1983) Sundance Channel. 7pm.Godzilla In his most recent outing, Godzilla attacks San Francisco, but gets blocked by a fleet of Google buses and hordes of people protesting the Google buses. (2014) HBO. 7pm.

THURSDAY, APRIL 30 The Breakfast Club At the 30th year anniversary, a theory has emerged that the only person in the school that day was the vice principal and all of the characters were just manifestations of different parts of his schizophrenic per-sonality as he descended into the mental chaos of “self-detention.” (1985) ABC Family. 6:30pm.Goodfellas Martin Scorsese’s sentimental ode to hard-working Italian Americans in pursuit of the American dream. (1990) Inde-pendent Film Channel. 8:15pm.Walking Tall A Special Forces veteran becomes sheriff of a small southern town and takes on the local thuggery, carrying a big stick and a heavily edited copy of the Constitution. (2004) Showtime. 9pm.Critique That TV Guy at [email protected].

An original screenplay of ‘The Breakfast Club,’ dated 1983, was recently discovered at the Chicago high school where the movie was filmed.

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V�Sure, we’re all Homo sapiens, but that doesn’t mean that we’re part of the Marin Human Race. We should all join by running, walking or rolling in the 33rd Annual Marin Human Race, the largest collaborative fundraising event in the county. Last year, more than 4,000 people attended,

and $285,000 was raised for 78 vital nonprofit agencies. The timed 5K race takes place on Saturday, May 9 at the Marin Center Fair-grounds and Lagoon. Registration begins at 7am and the racers start at 9am. Out-of-shape humans, do not despair—the course is mostly flat. Young citizens love the kids’ races and activities, and everyone enjoys the dog walk, pancake breakfast and Commu-nity Village Fair. Join the Human Race. Visit marinhumanrace.org for more information.

W�Just say no. Too bad the two degenerates that robbed the Rite Aid pharmacy at the Corte Made-ra Town Center last week weren’t familiar with the concept. One man, armed with what appeared to be a black handgun, went behind the pharmacy counter and helped himself to prescription narcotics. He must have been channeling Nurse Jackie to make such a bold move in the middle of the day. The alleged accomplice, Kurt Allsman, was captured on video assisting the robber in the getaway. (Ne ’er-do-wells, look around. Cameras are everywhere.) On Tuesday, the Central Marin Police served a search war-rant for Allsman’s vehicle and Mill Valley residence. They found the stolen drugs and anticipate finding the robber soon, thanks to detective work and DNA. —Nikki Silverstein

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The experience led her on the path she now travels as the CEO of Lilypad Homes. The company started as a for-profit firm that guided people through the planning process for second units. Ginis and Lily-pad also participated in designing units for clients. Although the first incarnation of the company was aimed at making a profit, Ginis says, Lilypad is moving toward full nonprofit status. A key part of that move is encapsulated in the Lilypad Flexible Hous-ing Initiative.

The idea of creating junior units that can increase what Ginis calls flexible housing in existing homes presents a potentially in-teresting vision: Opponents of using what they call high-density housing as a way to satisfy the need for additional housing in Marin usually say that they have no objection to build-ing affordable hous-ing, it’s just that high-density hous-ing is the devil they want to keep at bay. The county and its cities should explore alternative ways to produce more hous-ing options, they say, a critical need for potential middle- and lower-income residents.

As Ginis has spread the word about her junior second unit concept, she says, she has met overwhelming support from a full spectrum of housing advocates all the way to slow-growth advocates. And the state will accept the units in housing need calculations.

Just how many of the junior units can be added to the county’s housing stock is a big, open question. But whatever the number, added junior units could be a welcome addition to the calculations. So far, all of the cities in Marin except two have included the junior second-unit con-cept in their housing elements. Fairfax and Ross have yet to make the addition. The county housing element also lacks junior second units. But Ginis thinks that it’s just a matter of time. It’s too good to reject, say supporters. Novato and Tiburon were the first cities that actually wrote junior second-unit ordinances, after including them in their respective housing elements.

There’s just one hitch in the junior unit step. And it made itself known in Novato, which is the first city to wrestle with the intricacies of a junior unit ordinance. At the top of the list was a potential junior unit killer—a water connection fee. The North Marin Water District charges $10,000 for a new connection. That’s the fee that a homeowner would pay to con-nect a full second unit. But because a ju-nior unit is inside a home that already has

out a way it could be written in the terms of a city ordinance.”

Brown and Ginis worked for about six months. The city approved it, but then there was the issue of negotiating through the utilities. There still is. “If we can get the utility districts to waive fees,” or at least to provide substantive discounts, it could go a long way to supporting a new segment of the Marin housing stock. (Second units have been around for a long time, but the cities in Marin and the county have ap-proved precious few over the years.)

“This is just repurposing a bedroom,” says Brown, not adding traffic, congestion or density. “The number of people that would be in the home was taken into ac-

Junior second units, while far from a panacea when it comes to providing affordable housing, could go a long way toward adding an important link in a continuum of housing options—one that currently doesn’t exist to any appreciable extent.

›› NEWSGRAMSa connection, the high fee is unfair, says junior unit supporters. Novato’s mayor asked the NMWD to reduce the fee to a level that homeowners of relatively modest means could afford. That seemed reason-able because a strong impetus for creating junior units comes from a need to generate income to stay in a home. An unrealisti-cally high fee also could scare off those contemplating new junior units in their homes and push the homeowners and their renters into the shadows. The whole idea is to bring the units into the light.

Following the mayor’s request, the North Marin Water District staff came back with a new number: Homeowners could add a junior unit water connec-tion for $6,100, even though an existing

house needed no additional connec-tion. The Coalition for a Livable Marin said that the reduced fee was still “way too high, and it will throw cold water on one of the most promising housing policies in the county.” Kiki La Porta, involved with the organization’s steering committee, made the case that “a $6,100 fee would put legal second-unit conversions out of reach for most people. She asked with a

rhetorical flourish, “Isn’t infill housing, in character with the surrounding commu-nity, exactly what we want to promote?”

Her reasoning, as well as the comments from other members of the community, swayed the water district board, which sent the issue of the fee back to staff for more consideration. The district might further reduce the fee, possibly to what Bob Brown, Novato Community Develop-ment director, calls a small administra-tive charge. Advocates of the junior-unit concept say that they think the experience at the board level is a win. (The Marin Municipal Water District is looking at its fee structure for connections and could include the junior-unit concept in those considerations. Brown is optimistic that the MMWD will look kindly on junior units.)

Ginis says that it’s a matter of fairness: In Novato, a homeowner pays no ad-ditional connection fee to add a wet bar sink. Why should a homeowner who adds a sink in a bedroom converted to a junior unit have to pay a connection fee?

Brown says that Ginis came to him with the idea for junior units, and it took con-siderable work to hammer out a workable ordinance. “I spent the first three meetings with her describing why this couldn’t hap-pen,” he says. “But there was a nugget of a good idea there. We kept at it and figured

count when the home was originally built.” Over the years, fewer and fewer people have occupied the average home in Marin and in the state. Currently, according to Brown, more than half of the homes in the state and in Marin have only one or two occupants.

Brown says that if supporters can get the utility agencies on board and a few more cities join the push, he will submit the story to Western City Magazine, the League of California Cities’ publication, for wide distribution as a new housing paradigm—or actually a return to the multi-generational model that flourished before World War II. <

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Celebrating Marin Nonprofits If you’re a Marin nonprofit founder, it’s your time to shine. Founders of Marin nonprofit organizations will convene on Sunday, April 26 at the Marin Founders Celebration at the Buck Institute in Novato. The event is being presented by Marin Founders, a new nonprofit organization that was formed to present the celebration, a documentary and a TV series featuring a different Marin nonprofit founder each week.

The purpose of the event is to recognize and celebrate the contributions of those whose organizations have been in existence for 10 years or more. With more than 400 active Marin County nonprofits—the Marin Symphony, the Agricultural Institute of Marin and the California Film Institute, to name a few—there will be much to cel-ebrate. “Our volunteers are helping to identify founders and we plan to honor at least 50 at this inaugural event,” says Marinda Freeman,” one of the event organizers.

The idea for Marin Founders, and the celebration, came from Jacqueline Janssen, a nonprofit consultant who has served on the boards of various Marin nonprofits. She said that she got the idea around a year and a half ago—she was amazed and inspired by the stories she heard from nonprofit founders about what they were doing to serve the community. “Nonprofit founders are inspired, passionate, committed, persevering and amazing,” Janssen says. “Some have been celebrated and some have not. Non-profit founders should all be honored and brought together to be appreciated as a group.”

Janssen decided that she wanted to find a way to spread the word about these unsung heroes, and collaborated with two of her colleagues—Marinda Freeman of MF Productions, and Mary O’Mara, the executive director of Marin Link.

The event will feature a preview trailer of a Spirit House Productions documentary that includes interviews with nonprofit founders, board members, staff and volun-teers who contribute to each organization. The interviews will be aired as a weekly TV series after the event, on the Community Media Center of Marin’s Channel 26.

Marin Founders Celebration, Sunday, April 26, 2-5pm, the Buck Institute, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato. Tickets, which are $50 (free for honorees and Marin nonprofit founders), and include wine and hors-d’oeuvres, can be purchased at brownpaper-tickets.com. For more information, visit marinfounders.org. For volunteer opportuni-ties or to nominate a founder, email [email protected], or call Jacqueline Jans-sen at 415/999-1111.—Lily O’ Brien

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Peter Coyote was once voted “Marin’s fa-vorite celebrity” by Pacific Sun readers, although he probably wasn’t too excited

about that. But there’s no denying his fame. He has appeared in more than 140 films and television shows, and narrated more than 100 projects, including documentaries by the likes of Ken Burns, PBS, National Geographic and more, as well as the Olympic opening ceremo-nies and many commercials and audiobooks. He’s co-hosted the Academy Awards telecast and much more. But he has always seemed to be something of a reluctant star, even as he undeniably enjoyed some of the trappings of celebrity.

Born as Robert Peter Cohon in 1941 in New York City to an investment banker father, he grew up in affluence where, “I don’t remember anybody being happy.” After elite private schooling, then Iowa’s Grinnell College

and a taste of student anti-war activism that resulted in Coyote and his fellow protesters being invited to the White House, he heeded the musical, literary, chemical, political, spiritual and other callings of the early 1960s and came west. After a pot bust and a name change via peyote and a shaman, he became a central figure in the San Francisco hippie or “freak” counterculture, centered in the Haight-Ashbury, both as a budding actor with the radical San Francisco Mime Troupe and as a co-founder of the anarchic collective called the Diggers.

That loose collective, beyond giving out free food and staging all manner of events, “had taken as its collective task the rethink-ing and recreation of our national culture,” as he wrote in his widely-praised first autobio-graphical book, 1998’s Sleeping Where I Fall: A Chronicle. Such intentions were not unique to

Looking back and moving onPeter Coyote reckons with his life as actor, author, activist, priest and soon-to-be Marin expatriate

the Diggers, he wrote, as “my generation was struggling openly with problems of racism, grossly inequitable distribution of goods and services, dishonorable foreign policies, and the war in Vietnam.” But by the end of the ’60s, when the Diggers’ lofty goals seemed out of reach and they morphed into the broader Free Family, Coyote migrated into rural West Marin for an experiment with communal living in Olema—an experience that, as recounted in his first book, was, if anything, more anarchic than the Haight.

In the 1970s, after serving as Chair of the California Arts Council during Jerry Brown’s first term as governor, struggles with various addictions and the problem of how to best forge a life after the collapse of so much ’60s idealism and activism, Coyote found a path in acting that eventually brought him fame and relative for-tune. After the Olema commune melted away, he returned to San Francisco for a time, primarily to study Zen Buddhism at the San Francisco Zen Center, but has been a Mill Valley resident and family man for more than three decades. His devotion to Buddhism has continued, and he has recently been ordained a priest and teacher—again, seemingly with some ambiva-lence about those formal roles.

His new, second book has the enigmatic title, The Rainman’s Third Cure: An Irregular Education. While his first memoir delved mostly into the fabled ’60s, this one goes back further, to Coyote’s childhood and upbring-ing and its lasting impact on his trajectory and struggles. His writing, which has earned him a Pushcart Prize (a prestigious award that honors small presses and authors) in the past, is vivid and compelling, and what is most striking about the book is how revealing Coyote has become about his troubled family and lifelong efforts to come to grips with who he is and who he really wants to be. In some ways, as with so many men, his new book’s story is far from being just a celebrity tell-all, but more a way of making peace with his own “lifetime of unremitting struggle,” especially with his powerful, sometimes scary, distant-yet-ultimately-loving parents, and his “simple luck not to have died.”

We had a long lunch in Sausalito, af-ter Coyote had finished his daily hours of guitar practice and probably, meditation. He admired my dog and noted that after many years, he finally feels ready to get one of his own. He retains his renowned charisma, focused intelligence and yes, movie-star looks, all leavened now by age, spiritual study and discipline. But as revealed here, even that equanimity is not enough to keep him in a rapidly changing Marin, and he is finally fleeing northward, albeit not too far. As for the “Rainman” and his “Third Cure,” well, those interested will just have to read his book—af-ter all, he relates here that producing it was “like crapping a porcupine.”

* * * * *So, why another book from you? You cov-

ered a lot of ground in your previous one ...

Yeah, and especially why another memoir in particular, right? Well, when I looked back at my early life more recently, I realized I had been operating under a world view that was not exactly accurate—I thought there were just two options—a world of love or a world of power—and the trick was to somehow get the mix right. Love without power is flac-cid; power without love is brutal. I had all these mentors who have taught me about the world, taught me about navigating the realms of love and power, and from a conventional point of view I’d say I did alright—it’s not an exaggeration to say that for a time I was an international movie star, maybe not of the first magnitude, but my film A Man in Love did open the 40th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. But it was wanting.

Luckily, I had grown up in the house-hold of a very rich man, in which

I don’t remember anybody being happy. So that liberated me from being attached to the idea that true wealth was going to be material in

nature. At about age 29, I met Gary Snyder, and he was such an exemplar

of an integrated life that I was floored. I couldn’t figure out at first what the trick was, how he linked his family life, his political life, his artistic life, his fame, his family life—all of it, until I realized that Buddhism and Bud-dhist practice was at the core.

Did you start involvement with Bud-dhism soon after meeting Snyder?

Not immediately, but maybe five years after I met Gary I began courting a woman who was living at Zen Center, whom I subsequently married, and I began formal Buddhist practice. And I didn’t really stick to it diligently for a long time, you know. I was building a career—I didn’t get my Screen Actors Guild union card until I was 39—and I had a daughter to get through school, and we had to save for college, then we had a son. Also, I had chosen a wife who did not want to live in the back of a truck, so I put a lot of energy into earning a living even though it didn’t engage me all that much.

Do you mean that you really weren’t that into acting?

It was never my greatest gift. I’m a much better writer than I am an actor. I might have been a better actor had I had time to really study, but I started late and couldn’t take a year off to go to England, which I would have liked to do. So in some ways, when I was performing, I always felt a little naked and exposed. I came to understand that because of my childhood I had been really traumatized when I was little and that the way I learned to survive was by cutting off my feelings, and learning to see things in a clear observational, unemotional way. It helped me then, but it’s an impediment to being an actor because it often took me a long time to figure out exactly what I was feeling—and knowing what you are feeling is a prerequisite for a great actor. You don’t actually have to be smart, but you can’t act unless you have ready access to your feelings. And I don’t. It’s not easy for me. Even today when I see a script where somebody breaks down in tears, more than half the time

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I’ll just turn it down. It’s too much work.But you must have enjoyed some of it,

even though you stayed in Marin instead of moving south.

I love the camaraderie of acting, the rehearsing, the problem-solving, but the busi-ness of making films is so noxious and fraught with horseshit and ignorance. In fairness, either through lack of talent or age, I could never get to the level I wanted to get—I was 40 when I began, and it’s a kid’s game. I could never quite get access to the great scripts and roles, so by the time I was about 50 my opportunity to be a star with access to them had run out. I was getting the leavings, and I think because I wouldn’t live in Hollywood and didn’t have a publicist and didn’t go to film openings and all that, I was just not in the central corridor of the industry. It did bother me sometimes, as I couldn’t get access to the best stuff, but it didn’t bother me enough to move to Los Angeles, and live a ‘film’ life. I figured that I really lived much more time offstage than on and that that was the life I ought to take the best care of.

Your new book is very much a frank reckoning with your difficult childhood and youth. Not to be too therapist-like here, but do you think you were afraid of really accessing and showing your feelings in acting because that was just too frightening for you?

I don’t know if it was threatening, but I didn’t have any technique to do it. If I couldn’t intuitively grasp what was being asked of me in a role, I was in trouble. So I didn’t seek the challenges as an actor, and every role made me feel as if I’d just gotten away with it. I was very lucky they came to me a lot. I’ve done over 140 films for the screen and TV, but I just never felt fully engaged as an actor.

But you did achieve fame. What was that like for you?

You know, I’m vain enough to want to be famous for something. I wouldn’t mind being famous for being a good writer. When I won a Pushcart Prize, for Carla’s Story, I thought, ‘Holy shit, Raymond Carver, John Updike and Saul Bellow won Pushcarts! Wow!’ That’s good company, so yes I’m proud of that. But just because somebody’s seen you on televi-sion, and they elevate you to the pantheon of the cheeseball celebrities on the cover of tabloids in the supermarkets? Gag me. Once I was in Spago with my first wife and we were having a really tough time and she was openly weeping, and here comes a woman with a pad and pencil and a big grin, hanging expectantly over my shoulder indicating she wants an autograph, and I said to her, ‘Are you f—g crazy? Can’t you see my wife is in tears? That this is not a good time?’ Well, that’s no recipe for good manners or stardom, but people will approach you at any time and you’re expected to be charming. I had kids at home and some guy published my home address in a fan magazine without a thought about the risk it might cause. So I don’t care about the fame other than being able to meet who I want to and getting into a restaurant I want to try, and occasionally shining a light on an important issue. Other than that, you can have it.

I recall when you and I were having lunch in Tiburon years ago, a kid followed us out to our cars, and asked if he could take your photo, and then asked, “So, who are you again? I know you are famous but I don’t know just who you are.” It seemed a perfect illustration of the emptiness of fame.

There you have it!You have also had a good career using

your voice for many things, too—that seems a great way to not be visibly recognized.

Yes, that worked for a long time, but Ken Burns sorta took that anonymity away and now everybody recognizes my voice—I joke that he killed my career as a bank robber. But once Christopher Reeves, rest his soul, asked me, ‘Peter, how do I break into this voiceover market?’ And I had to say, ‘Well I’ll tell ya, Chris, as soon as you tell me how to break into the multi-million dollar salary racket!’ I mean, how much does anybody need? Why not leave something for all the guys like me who are not making big money as an actor and have tuition, mortgages and bills to pay?

“How much do you need?” seems a cru-cial question nowadays.

Indeed. For me, I am actively lowering my lifestyle right now. I make about 20 percent of what I used to make. I got rid of my fancy car and drive a Chevy Volt; I’m buying a house with half the proceeds of what I sold my Mill Valley house for. The new place will need some work on it and I will have to work myself for that, but I don’t mind working for something specific. I just don’t want to work when I don’t have to anymore. My kids graduated debt free and are doing well. I’m 73 years old. It goes by very fast, let me tell you.

I already agree. Back to your book—your father was a powerful but distant guy, your mom seems to have been fragile, and it reads like you were looking for other par-ents, other family for a long time—and that your childhood had a big impact on your marriages and relationships with women.

When I was a little kid, my mom had a nervous breakdown and she was a ghost for a couple of years, and I think it triggered this little ‘make the mommy feel better’ gland. And it’s so convenient, to always be helping others. It makes you feel needed, powerful even, and you don’t have to worry about your own problems. I’ve given that up. It only took 50 years. There was nothing truly wrong with the women in my life; it was more my feeling that I was somehow responsible for their suf-fering or helping them.

You also wrote that your need for lots of solitude also made relationships hard for you.

I think my wives could never really grasp what a hermetic person I am. When I was working on this book, one day my wife said, ‘You’re just hiding out from life.’ True, I’d go to my office all day every day, and swim around

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in my thoughts and memo-ries to write. But getting this book out was like crapping a porcupine.

You wrote that reading—a solitary pursuit— has always been crucial to you.

Yes, when I was in 4th grade, I went to a lovely little school called the Elizabeth Morrow School in Engle-wood, New Jersey, and my desk was back in the far left corner next to a bookshelf of little orange books that must have run 15 feet—bi-ographies of famous people mostly—and I resolved to read them all. Then there was a series called the Landmark Books, and I read them all. Then the Oz books and I read all those, too. Then Lad of Sunnybrook Farm, and the Black Beauty series, and I never stopped. I think what I found in books was a freedom in my imagina-tion that I could not find in my physical life. My parents

were hyper-vigilant, always worried about me. My mom worshiped Sigmund Freud and got every-body in the family but herself into analysis. She was always scan-ning me for potential problems or telling me what I was really

thinking and feeling and it made me very angry. She sent me to therapy when I was 11 and one day the therapist asked me, ‘Why are you here?’ and I said, ‘Well, I do this, and this, and this,’ and ran down a litany of complaints

that my parents complained about. And he said, ‘Yeah? And who is that a problem for?’ and I said, ‘Well, it’s a problem for my parents,’ and he said, ‘OK, you go home and send your parents in to see me!’

Sometimes it takes many years to get some perspective on those childhood family influences ...

Just last fall, I was visiting a wonderful therapist I check in with once in awhile just to touch base and he said to me, ‘You do know your parents were crazy, don’t you?’ And I said, ‘Oh sure, yeah ...’ And he said, ‘No—your parents were crazy, certifiable. It was as if God asked himself, ‘How can I give this

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boy the toughest adolescence possible?’—because that’s what you had.’ And I felt this strange sense of relief, as if my life had been seen.

You really do lay yourself bare in this book.

Why write otherwise? I think that as long as you don’t take cheap shots, especially against those who can’t answer back, you should tell the truth. And, like in acting, if you are really specific and honest, some elements become universal in a funny way.

You write movingly of your mother’s death, in a hospital, and how a nurse offered in a crudely timed manner to “help” her die sooner. It’s a striking story, as this issue of “assisted dying” is in the news right now, with possible legalization in California coming. Any thoughts on that?

I think you have to begin with the observa-tion that everything has a ‘shadow’—so while I agree with the concept, there will be people who may take advantage of this in certain ways—let’s save the estate by getting mommy gone a little earlier, and so forth. But it comes down to the question of whether or not a person has the right to control their manner and time of their death. If you ask me as a Buddhist teacher, I am categorically against suicide. But the world is not my student and that is just my opinion. So if somebody is wracked by pain and there is no way out, they are not going to get better, and they choose to start over or—as the Dalai Lama once

said, ‘Change their clothes,’ I don’t think it’s my business. It’s like abortion—I don’t have a womb, and so I stay out of the debate, except to support the right of women to make their own choices. Some women would think nothing of sacrificing a son to the military in a fruitless war, but would never consider an abortion for any reason. That’s curious to me. Of course there would need to be safeguards in place and all that, but nothing will ever be foolproof and we have to accept the errors along with the choice. Which is why I’m against the death penalty.

You were close to Robin Williams. Any thoughts on his dying?

I wrote a piece online that went viral, about Robin’s great gift. Likening it to a thoroughbred horse of near magical ability. The problem was that it was never adequately trained. Sometimes he would get on it and it would take him (and us) into magical dimen-sions, but at other times it took Robin where it wanted to go. That was the great tragedy for me, that his greatest gift actually killed him. Had he had some sort of spiritual training, he might have been able to wait out the bad pe-riod he was going through, but he was always in the saddle, and this trip took him over a wall with nothing on the other side.

In your first book you wrote at length about your role in the Diggers, prototypes for the whole Haight-Ashbury ’60s scene. Are you still in touch with any of them?

Certainly. In fact, just last year I called all the surviving Diggers and Free Family folks

together—108 of them. I wanted to organize a relief effort to help some of our members who were old and poor—about six of them. I tried first on the Digger website, asking people to why not list their skills—if I need a lawyer or plumber, why not a Digger lawyer or plumb-er? And people got really indignant and angry with me for dealing with money. Even old and very dear friends I really respect. I tried to point out that if we were candid, the Diggers were like an art project—we were never the model of a viable alternative economy. We were living off welfare payments to mothers with children, selling dope, bartering, doing all sort of things including thievery.

So I decided that I was not going to fight my oldest friends, and I apologized, saying that I understood that this had become sort of a religion and apologized for being insensi-tive. I started a new site called the Free Family Union, and virtually everyone came over. So one thing I learned is that everybody has their own reasons for joining a group, and they may not see it the way you do even if you started it. Most everyone in this group now lived in the world, made money, paid taxes, but they had this idealized memory of the Diggers as a place of purity. It’s a common delusion that there’s some other world other than this one with all its warts and angels where we can live. Well, my Buddhist practice has informed me that there is no pure place outside of the world to stand—the world is exactly what it is, and if you can’t find your happiness and joy in this world, with ISIS, with Hitler, with Mother

Teresa all mixed up in it, you’ll never find it. What a shame, to pass up the opportunity for joy because it feels trivial or inadequate next to the suffering of others—who are searching for joy, by the way. So once the new group got rolling, I backed out a little—and this goes back to another downside of “fame”—that you become a touchstone for people’s projections and ideas of you. They still come to me either overly deferential, or as if they perceive me thinking that I am a big deal and it is their job to take me down. It smothers you in thoughts and can get tiresome. So I find things work really well without me, and I just participate like anybody else when I feel like it. And we are supporting six people, giving them each about $200 a month. It’s a big bump of grace to people living solely on Social Security, and I wish we could do more.

On a broader level, how about the whole ’60s idealism, what it all might have meant in the longer term? I mean, the “revolution” did not happen, but some lasting impacts seem to have occurred ...

That’s right. In the ’60s, you could say we lost every political battle. We didn’t end capitalism, racism, war, violence, we didn’t create a world of love and peace, and we just have to accept that. But, it’s also true that we won every cultural battle. There’s no place in the U.S. today where there is not a women’s movement, an environmental movement, civil rights, and so on. Paul Hawken, in his book Blessed Unrest, pointed out that if you aggregate all these little or big individual struggles, it’s the largest mass movement in


the history of the planet. There’s also no place you can go where there are not alternative spiritual practices—yoga, Buddhism, organic or slow or local food are spreading—these things exist in the realm of culture and that realm is much deeper than politics. And when people have lives that are meaningful to them they will hold and defend them. Back then, the Diggers couldn’t believe people would throw themselves onto the barricades to become part of Marx’s lumpen proletariat, but today I’m watching farmers in Nebraska fight-ing for their water, watching people fighting to keep big-box stores out of their towns, to stop fracking, all over the country. So we were cultural warriors, and I take a lot of pride in the changes we started. It’s not the end of the battle by far—this generation and others will have their own struggles, but we played for keeps, gambled everything, and we moved the marker an appreciable amount.

Perhaps the most visible mark of that is a black president, something unimaginable not so long ago.

Yes, and yet there is still a huge population who cannot stand the thought of a ‘N—r in the White House.’ He gets a huge number of threats every day. People with guns stalked around his early speeches. What do you imag-ine might have happened if the Black Panthers had shown up armed to a Reagan speech? It would have been a bloodbath. Anyway, he might not be the black president I might have wanted, but I admire him, and I’m not in the hot seat with him and so I temper my judg-ments a bit because I remember my days on the Arts Council and some of the flak you get for anything you do. That’s not a pass by any means, but ... that’s a whole other subject.

Drugs were a big part of the ’60s, and of your own life. Any lessons there?

I was addicted to just about everything. We made a lot of mistakes there. But I can remember superficially how and why so many of us got into hard drugs. If you’ve taken on the charge of imagining a new world and act-ing it all out, one thing you have to demand of yourself is, ‘Suppose my imagination has actu-ally already been tamed, colonized, and all my grand visions and plans are simply permitted within the parameter of a bigger field that just appears to be liberated, but is still inside the fence of the majority culture’s values?’ That was a very scary thought. So one of the ways you could test yourself was to take sub-stances—speed, heroin, cocaine, acid, DMT and STP—substances the establishment was terrified of. And of course when you do that in your 20s you have no idea of the toll it will take on your body and health. Acid was differ-ent, though. Everybody I knew who took acid took it as a kind of spiritual pilgrimage. What we never anticipated was that the next genera-tion would take it to trip at the mall and that it would become a spreading, indulgent, sensual party, stripped of spiritual dimensions.

The time may finally be coming when marijuana becomes legal in California. Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom—a Marin resident—has a statewide panel re-port just out that recommends decriminal-ization. The state medical association favors

this, too. These are hardly radical organiza-tions, and I’ve served on both panels and it seems there is a critical mass forming on this.

There has never been a drug law in this country, since the Civil War morphine laws, that has not been based on bullshit. Every one of these ‘expert panels’ convened to study the subject, from LaGuardia through Nixon and Kennedy have said, ‘Forget the drug war,’ decriminalize it, help people kick or give them maintenance doses so they can contribute to society. Even the drug pushers want the ‘risk premium’ that raises the prices of drugs due to their illegality.

Music was another huge part of those times, and you write about being very into playing and listening from a very early age. Years back I heard you do a whole set of what you called “country death rock” at the old Sweetwater. Are you still playing?

Music is a huge part of my life. I’d probably believe in God if I’d only been given the talent to be a professional musician. I was playing guitar for two hours today before I came to meet you! But it’s not my gift. We had a six-bed bunkhouse in the Olema commune and musicians would come out and stay, like Paul Butterfield and Michael Bloomfield, and we’d stay high and play music for days. And in the book I recall hearing sax greats Al Cohn and Zoot Sims playing in my house, and it was the first time I’d seen grown-up people having so much fun.

Your book starts and ends with you in Zen sesshins—extended, intense medita-tion retreats—some 40 years apart, at Green Gulch. In the latter, the more recent one, you relate a profound experience, a sort of breakthrough as it seems. But you don’t name it.

Yeah, the Japanese call it a ‘kensho’ experi-ence, but right, I didn’t want to name it. When I started out in Zen, that was the thing to strive for, and if I could get that, I thought I’d never be uncomfortable, awkward —I’d be enlightened, the coolest guy in the room. Somewhere along the line that notion falls away, and you realize that if you have an idea of yourself over here and enlightenment over there and they are separate, they are never going to come together. The truth according to the Buddha, is that we are all enlightened, that it is our basic nature, but we don’t or can’t pay attention to it, or even believe in it. So the second thing that happens when you have an experience like that is that you understand that it is not so important after all. Nobody re-ally cares about my personal experience. What they might care about is how I live my life—am I kind, compassionate, helpful, vigorous, wise? And if I’m not, what difference does my personal enlightenment really make? I won-dered if I might get some blowback or distort the meaning of the experience by describing it, but I discussed it with my Zen teacher, and he said, ‘Sure, include it.’ But more important is what he first said when I reported it to him, which was, ‘Don’t try to hold onto it!’

What did the actual process of taking vows and becoming a priest entail for you?

First, I would never put myself forth as a

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teacher of any kind, because I could never think of how to do it without my stepping forward becoming an expression of ego. One of the reasons I became a Zen Buddhist was because of the custom of ‘transmission’—that you don’t teach independently until you are given permission to teach by your teacher and by the students you have been practicing with. And that saves you from being one of the guys who just show up and announce that they are gurus, set out their shingle. A lot of abuses stem from that. So at a certain point my teacher told me it was time to start teaching, and when I demurred that I was not ready, he said, ‘There are people behind you who you can help, and others you can learn from.’ And he and four other teachers had established a three-year priest’s training program, kind of like a divinity school, to try to train priests to be alert to some of the hazards that arise when you are in a position of authority—transfer-ence, countertransference, women being attracted to you, financial improprieties and so on. I told him I didn’t want to be a priest but would take the class since he asked me to. And I was so impressed by the caliber of the other 40 or so people in it, I followed through.

Being ordained is kind of like having a Ph.D.—you don’t have to use it, but it is a kind of accreditation. I wanted to step up my game, so I ordained as a priest, and now I’m study-ing to receive transmission from my teacher. I’m not sure I’ll even use the term ‘teacher.’ My old friend Dan Welch, one of the first students of Suzuki Roshi [founder of the San Francisco Zen Center] uses the term ‘Dharma Friend’ and I probably will too, to sidestep these traps and props of hierarchy and status, all of which are very Asian, and Japanese, and not all of which are helpful. I’m not overly enamored of classical Japanese Buddhism, which is what Suzuki Roshi was seeking to escape by com-ing to America. My intention is to help make Zen vernacular here, eventually less exotic, something that would make sense to garage mechanics and ranch hands. My teacher and I refer to it as the ‘thousand year project.’ So, I only wear my robes for very formal ceremo-nies like weddings and funerals, and haven’t shaved my head, as most Buddhists in the world do.

Speaking of time, you’ve lived in Marin for many years. But now you are moving. Why?

Yes, I am moving to Sonoma County. I’ve had it with Mill Valley. It’s become so crowd-ed, so much traffic, and so little responsibility has been devoted to the carrying capacity of the area. We are seriously overpopulated just with respect to water. As far as I’m concerned, every successive group of supervisors and commissioners have been bought off by devel-opers. I saw some of that with my own eyes. I first came here in 1965, and loved it, and then moved to Zen Center in the city. I returned in 1983, as my daughter was getting mugged for her lunch money in the Fillmore.

Twenty-five years ago I participated in a se-ries of meetings called ‘Take Back Our Town.’ Over 700 people showed up, and we wanted to use water as the basis of determining population. Wanted to cut down traffic. We even ran people for office, but the developers outspent us six to one, and have been building ever since.

Now traffic has reached critical mass, IT money is coming in and bidding houses for hundreds of thousands over asking price, all cash. It feels like the town is filling with people who ruined and fled the last place they lived. I walk on the marsh path with a plastic bag picking up organic yogurt cups and Kleenex and all sorts of trash our newly enlightened denizens fling away at will. I’ve seen people in Whole Foods yelling at a young mother for being too slow to move her cart due to trying to corral two children, and so many times people honking and screaming at one another in their cars for no reason—IN MILL VALLEY! Well, they’re all stressed because it takes so much money and so much work to live here. Couple that with the entitlement that dictates that we are entitled to the best of everything and you have a toxic broth in a paradisiacal setting. I have friends here who are not that, but we are like the proverbial frogs in the water that is being heated slowly. Meanwhile I am spending too much time in traffic, and it’s maddening. The water issues will only get worse.

I feel I’ve spent 40 years fighting for this great place, trying to preserve it, and I’m go-ing to spend what is likely my last vigorous decade not fighting anymore, perhaps helping others, and leave before I get cooked. <Ask Steve what Coyote taught him at [email protected].


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A reawakening‘Star Wars’ emerges, and fans take to the Internet in force

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“Star Wars Trailer Star Wars TrailerStar Wars Trailer Star Wars TrailerStar Wars Trailer Star Wars Trailer

Star Wars Trailer Star Wars TrailerStar Wars Trailer!!!”

So posted San Francisco science fic-tion aficionado Skot Christopherson, his contribution to a late-night Facebook thread on the page of mutual Facebook friend John Harden. The latter, who’d been asked, by me, for his opinion on the aforementioned trailer—the second this year to include footage from the much-anticipated seventh Star Wars film—has been touring the festival circuit with his own science fiction epic, the short film, New.

His response to my question is a bit more reserved than Christopherson’s.

“Uh, Star Wars …,” he writes. “My quote on the FIRST teaser trailer. ‘Some people’s thresholds for freaking out are set awfully low.”

This was followed by a second post.“But the new one is better.”No kidding.Forget about Furious 7 and its record-

breaking accumulation of dollar bills—more than a billion-and-a-half in just three weeks. That spectacular reception is nothing

actually appears in the new trailer, dressed in his iconic Han Solo attire, standing next to his longtime hirsute best-buddy Chewbacca, uttering the line, “Chewie. We’re home!” Other highlights include shots of the desert planet Tatooine, a vast graveyard of crashed Imperial spacecraft, the Millennium Falcon being pursued by bad guys into the fuselage of a vast crashed spaceship, and a mysterious sight of the diminutive droid R2-D2 being caressed by what appears to be the robotic hand of a hooded Luke Skywalker. All of it is narrated by Skywalker himself, telling some unseen character, “The Force is strong in my

family. My father has it. I have it. My sister has it. You have that power, too!”

Whoever it is that has that power, they’re sharing it with the Walt Disney Company, which purchased Star Wars creator George Lucas’ Lucasfilm in 2012. According to some financial websites, the sheer overwhelming orgasmic splendor of the new trailer caused a spike in Walt Disney stock prices, instantly adding $2 billion dollars of value to the company, which paid just over twice that to purchase Lucasfilm, and with it the rights to make the new Star Wars movies as often as they like. Disney has announced that they

compared to the warm welcome given to last weekend’s debut of the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer. Estimates are that 88 million people watched (and re-watched and re-watched) the 109-second preview in just its first 24 hours after being unveiled online. For comparison’s sake, consider that 88 million is more than twice the population of Canada. It’s slightly more than the total number of personal com-puters Hewlett Packard sold in its fourth quarter of 2014.

Compared with other movie trailers, it just might be an all-time record. According to a number of Hollywood media out-lets—people who track this sort of thing as closely as a C-3PO sticks to R2-D2—the re-cent Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer was seen by 35 million people in its first 24 hours, and even Furious 7, destined to become one of the most successful films of all time, was only watched 66 million times in the same 24-hour period.

Clearly, people can’t wait for the next Star Wars film, in part because it will mark the onscreen reunion of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo, with original stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Har-rison Ford. Ford, adding to the excitement,

In director J.J. Abrams’ new ‘Star Wars’ film, some of the original cast members make an appearance.


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Cider and wine—oh so fineWhere to find the best tastings, whether you like apples or grapesb y T a n y a H e n r y

In case you haven’t noticed, hard ciders are seriously trending at the moment. Given the ongoing interest in craft

cocktails, shrubs, beer and even mead, it’s not surprising that this bubbly beverage is getting some time in the spotlight. Jan and Louis Lee of AppleGarden Farm in Tomales are producing limited quantities of their estate cider made from European and heritage apple varieties that they planted (carefully selected for an English-style ci-der). The innkeepers-turned-cider-makers say that their product is made from the ground up: harvested by hand, small-batch-fermented and hand-bottled. For more information, and to find out where it is sold in Marin County, visit applegardenfarm.com.

CIDER CRAVINGS If you can’t get enough of this effervescent favorite—you’re in luck! The second annual Cider Summit S.F. is happening on Saturday, April 25 from 12-6pm at the Civil War Parade Ground in the Presidio. The full lineup includes more

than 150 ciders from 46 cideries in Califor-nia—unsurprisingly, at least five of them come from Sebastopol, which is known for its historic apple-growing roots—especially Gravensteins. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door (cash only). For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cidersummitnw.com.

GRAPE FANS UNITE If you prefer grapes to apples, here is a special dinner that you won’t want to miss. One of Napa’s top viti-culturists (who was named the San Fran-cisco Chronicle’s Winemaker of the Year in 2014), Steve Matthiasson and his wife Jill, will be at the Farmshop in Larkspur (in the private dining room) for a special event that will include dinner, homemade vermouth and specialty jams—all paired with the couple’s favorite wines, at $95 per person. Wednesday, May 13, 6:30pm, Farmshop, 2233 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur. Reserve a space by calling 415/755-6710 or emailing [email protected].

COOKING TOGETHER Now that the wine and cider opportunities are covered, how about some healthy cooking? Join certi-fied natural chef Suzanne Griffin from April 22 to May 13, 6:30-8pm (con-secutive Wednesdays) at the Osher Marin JCC, for a series of hands-on cooking classes, designed to teach you the foundation of cook-ing healthy, delicious meals. Each class centers around a theme using local, organic and seasonal ingredients. At the end of each class, everyone enjoys the pre-pared meal together. The classes are limited to 12 people (a couple working together can count as one). The cost is $250 for non-mem-bers and $200 for members. To register for a class, call 415/444-8004.

GOLD MEDAL TASTINGS If you haven’t been to The Barlow in Sebastopol, here is a good reason to go—the North Coast Wine Challenge Tasting on May 17 from 1pm to 4pm. The tasting will feature wines that achieved both a gold medal status and 90+ points in the competition. There will also be food tastings prepared by some of the best local chefs, including Douglas Keane, Duskie Estes and Brandon Sharp. Tickets to the tast-ing cost $95 and are available at northcoast-wineevent.com

ROAD TRIP WITH MOM Still looking for a special treat for Mom on her day? Take a drive out to Marshall for a Mother’s Day Brunch at Nick’s Cove. Executive chef Austin Perkins has a tasty, locally sourced menu planned, including items like lobster and truffle coddled eggs (from their own chickens!) with Pt. Reyes Toma and arugu-la. A sweet potato duck confit and shrimp enchiladas are also on the menu—along with plenty of fresh oysters, of course! The special Mother’s Day menu is only offered for brunch on Sunday, May 10 from 10am to 3pm. Reservations are strongly recom-mended. To reserve a table, call 415/663-1033 or visit www.nickscove.com. <Share your hunger pains with Tanya at [email protected].

The washing of the apples at Tomales’ AppleGarden Farm, which produces hard cider that’s perfect for a picnic.

plan to release a new Star Wars movie each year, pretty much forever, and they’re already at work on another sequel, plus a spin-off film, Rogue One, which will go back in time a bit to explain how the rebel alliance acquired the plans that allowed them to blow up the Death Star in the very first Star Wars film—episode IV, long before Lucas went back and made episodes I, II, and III. The new one, by the way, is technically episode VII.

“Has anyone noticed,” posts another Facebook user who prefers not to be named, “that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is techni-cally the first movie in the series to have an episode number that actually matches the order in which it appears?”

But back to the trailer. No sooner had those 88 million people

watched it on day one, than the Internet began filling up with YouTube parodies and all manner of outrageous responses. By now, most of us have seen the video in which footage from the movie Interstellar has been fused with the new Star Wars trailer to make it look as if Matthew McConaughey is watching it for the first time, his reac-tion—actually a scene in which his astronaut character watches video his kids have sent from Earth—is pretty much the same as a lot of us—an emotional outpouring of tears and outright blubbering.

But no public response comes close to that of Father Roderick Vonhogen, of the Neth-erlands. A frequent blogger and podcaster on matters related to science fiction and Star

Wars, Father Roderick’s video shows his own very real first reaction to the trailer. The re-action is one of the purest expressions of film geek joy ever to be captured on video.

“Holy Cow!” he says over and over, his face alternately beaming with delight—“Oh wow! An X-wing fighter!”—or glowing with open-mouthed wonder—“Darth Vader’s mask! What? Who’s talking? That’s Luke

Skywalker! It must be!”—all of which ulti-mately devolves into a series of inarticulate “whoops” sounds and ecstatic repetitions of “Holy cow! Holy cow! Holy cow!”

Seeing Father Roderick’s unfettered glee is almost as much fun as watching the trailer itself. What does it say about the state of technology, or the commitment of fans, that a two-minute trailer can become such

a global phenomenon months before the movie it’s advertising is released?

“I was not very interested,” posts North Bay actress Cindy Brillhart-True, “until the last shot with Hans Solo and Chewie ... then I was completely hooked!!! It brought back such fond memories from my childhood! I can’t wait to see it!!!!!!”

Of course, as many are quick to remind me, this isn’t the first time that a trailer has raised expectations for an upcoming Star Wars film. Many are still stinging from the experience of the last three films—otherwise known as the first three films—which left many hardcore fans disappointed.

Posts self-described “Internet contrarian” Tadd Schellenbach, “Remember when every-one was so excited about ‘Phantom Menace’ after the trailer came out?”

Yes, Tadd. We all remember.But that was a long time ago in a (non-

Disney) galaxy far, far away. A new genera-tion of filmmakers has taken over the ship, and if The Force Awakens is even half as much fun as the fervor that is growing in anticipation of it, the Force may truly be with us.

Till then, as Skot Christopherson has so eloquently put it:

“Star Wars Trailer Star Wars TrailerStar Wars Trailer Star Wars TrailerStar Wars Trailer Star Wars TrailerStar Wars Trailer Star Wars TrailerStar Wars Trailer!!!” <

Ask David if the force is with him at [email protected].

A blast from the past: ‘Star Wars’ is back!


Like rare night sky conjunctions of the solar system’s major planets, it doesn’t happen very often that our

region’s “flagship” theaters—San Fran-cisco’s A.C.T. and the East Bay’s Berkeley Rep—open new productions within a couple of days of each other. This, how-ever, is precisely what occurred last week, and the event provides a welcome oppor-tunity to compare approaches to a pair of contemporary plays that open windows on black family culture in white-dominated countries thousands of miles apart. Both feature bravura performances by the lead characters that may, or may not, outweigh some serious script problems, depend-ing on the limits of your sentimentality quotient.

Let There Be Love (A.C.T.): Alfred, a West Indian immigrant living in subur-ban London (superbly played by Bay Area actor Carl Lumbly), has little to be happy about in this recent drama by British playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah, directed by Maria Mileaf. Alfred’s woes include be-ing deserted by his wife, forced out of his eldest daughter’s home after she marries a

“proper” English gentleman and scandal-ized by his younger daughter Gemma (a solid performance by Donnetta Lavinia Grays) when she exits the lesbian closet. Nor are his complaints limited to family. More recent immigrants, especially those from South Asia and Eastern Europe, are denounced for their slovenly ways and questionable work ethics. Government services are failing. Everywhere Alfred looks, society seems to be coming apart. To top it off, after being diagnosed with a terminal illness, he has been given a month to live.

Then, just as the gloom threatens to crush Alfred’s spirit, temporary salvation arrives in the form of a healthcare worker named Maria (Greta Wohlrabe), sent by Gemma when it becomes clear that father and daughter can’t stand each other. Al-though she’s young, attractive and physi-cally vibrant, his first instinct is to send her away. Gradually, however, she becomes the catalyst for one of the fastest transfor-mations since Scrooge heeded the advice of Marley’s ghost and did a moral reversal in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Does the

Double bravuraOpenings of A.C.T.’s ‘Let There Be Love’ and Berkeley Rep’s ‘Head of Passes’ provide opportunity to compare theatrical approaches

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fine acting overcome the feel-good ending and carry the production? That I leave for you to decide.

Head of Passes (Berkeley Rep): Whereas A.C.T. gives us a tiny play (three charac-ters) in a huge space, the Rep offers the op-posite: Tarell Alvin McCraney’s sprawling nine-character portrait of a dysfunctional African-American family is compressed

by director Tina Landau within the far more modest confines of the company’s Thrust Stage. The Lousiana swamp house set design by G.W. Skip Mercier is impres-sive. Everyone has a relationship problem (or two) and dark intrigues are suggested. Discourse is both loud and contentious. A lot happens (including multiple deaths) that may be suitable for a Greek tragedy, but a bit too much for such a slim narra-tive. After two hours, it ends with a bang. Literally. But I won’t go into that.

McCraney builds his story around Shelah, the family matriarch, who is played with tremendous power by Chicago actress Cheryl Lynn Bruce, who originated the role. It was Shelah who, years before, purchased the property in the bayous with her husband and ran it as a guest house. Now, years later, the nearby rivers have changed course, threatening to bring floodwaters to her doorstep. What to do? Family and employees all have their sug-gestions, many of them self-serving, but the decision is ultimately hers to make. At the same time, she must cope with a life-threatening disease—visible to her in the form of a mysterious Angel of Death (Sullivan Jones). As the destructive forces close in, she expresses her crisis of faith in a 20-minute, gut-wrenching monologue that, as far as I know, has no parallels in modern American theater. Is this over-written melodrama, or brilliant playwrit-ing? You pay your money and make your choice. <

Charles Brousse can be reached at [email protected].

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Carl Lumbly as Alfred, a cantankerous and aging West Indian Immigrant, in ‘Let There Be Love,’ playing at A.C.T. through May 3.

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Cohen in person) N�Tootsie (PG) Regency: Sun 2; Wed 2, 7 True Story (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 3:45, 7, 9:30; Sun-Wed 1, 3:45, 7 Marin: Fri 4:45, 7:15, 9:40; Sat 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40; Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:15; Mon-Thu 4:45, 7:15 Regency: Fri 12, 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20; Sat 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20; Sun 11:30, 5:15, 7:50; Mon-Wed 12, 2:35, 5:15, 7:50; Thu 12, 2:35 Unfriended (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:15, 3:25, 5:45, 8, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8, 10:20 N�The Water Diviner (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35, 1:25, 4:15, 7:15, 10; Sun-Thu 10:35, 1:25, 4:15, 7:15While We’re Young (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:50, 4, 7:10, 9:40; Sun-Wed 12:50, 4, 7:10 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:20, 9:40; Sat-Sun 12, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 Regency: Fri 11:45, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40; Sat 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40; Sun, Tue, Wed 11:45, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10; Mon 11:45, 2:20, 4:45; Thu 11:40Wild Tales (R) Lark: Fri 8:30; Sun 7; Wed 1; Thu 4 Rafael: Fri 4:15; Sat 1, 3:30, 8; Sun 1; Mon-Wed 8Woman in Gold (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 Marin: Fri 4:30, 7, 9:30; Sat 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30; Sun 2, 4:30, 7; Mon-Thu 4:30, 7 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 7, 9:45; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 7, 9:45; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 7; Mon-Wed 3:30, 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15; Sun-Thu 10:45, 1:40, 4:30, 7:30

O The Age of Adaline (1:50) Romantic fantasy about a 110-year-old beauty who stopped aging 80 years ago and the heartthrob who just might learn her secret. O Alive Inside (1:13) Inspiring documentary fo-cuses on the power of music to combat dementia and memory loss; Oliver Sacks and Bobby McFer-rin add insights. O Avengers: Age of Ultron (2:30) Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and posse are back, saving the world from one disaster or other; Joss Whedon directs. O Avengers Double Feature (4:54) Catch “The Avengers” and “Age of Ultron” for a mere $18; discounted hot dogs, ice cream, popcorn and soda pop included! O British Arrows Awards (1:14) Alluring cornucopia of the UK’s top TV commercials from the past year. O Child 44 (2:17) Two provincial cops in 1953 Soviet Russia dodge goons and bureaucrats as they track down a serial killer; Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy star. O Cinderella (1:46) Live-action Disney version of the 1950 Disney cartoon stars Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter and Lily James as the drudge-turned-glamour girl; Kenneth Branagh directs. O Clouds of Sils Maria (2:03) Insightful French drama about an aging movie star facing down her future; Juliette Binoche stars. O Comedy Dynamics Presents Bill Hicks (1:30) Catch the late stand-up legend in a seldom-seen, characteristically acerbic 1992 performance at Montreal’s Centaur Theatre. O Danny Collins (1:46) Aging rocker Al Pacino is inspired to revisit and refocus his life when he discovers an undelivered letter sent to him 40 years ago by John Lennon. O Deli Man (1:31) Tasty tribute to the joys of Jewish-American noshing and third-generation Texas deli king Ziggy Gruber in particular; Jerry Stiller, Larry King and others pay homage. O Dior and I (1:30) Behind-the-scenes look at the frantic creation of House of Dior designer Raf Simons’ debut collection. O Ex Machina (1:50) Sci-fi thriller about a sexy robot with more on the ball than the nerds who invented her. O Furious 7 (2:17) Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson are back and speedier than ever; Jason Statham, Djimon Hounson and Kurt Rus-sell bring the testosterone. O Get Hard (1:40) Goofball comedy about a rich embezzler who hires his streetwise gardener to prep him for life at San Quentin; Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart star. O Home (1:34) DreamWorks cartoon about the unusual friendship between a rambunctious earthling and an extraterrestrial misfit; Jim Par-sons and Rihanna lend voice. O Insurgent (1:59) Fugitive Shailene Wood-ley searches the ruins of dystopian Chicago for answers, closure and the meaning of it all; Kate Winslet is her evil nemesis. O Kingsman: The Secret Service (2:09) A top-secret espionage organization turns a tough street kid into an international superspy; Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson star. O Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (1:45) Sun-dance fave about a Japanese cubicle drone who sets off for Fargo in search of the Coen Brothers’ fictional stolen cash. O Little Boy (1:46) Poignant dramedy about a 7-year-old’s determination to get his dad home from WWII unscathed. O The Longest Ride (2:08) The romance be-tween a rodeo rider and an art student is sparked by the romantic memories of a sage widower;

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

N New Movies This Week

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Alan Alda stars. O McFarland, USA (2:09) Kevin Costner stars in the inspiring story of a disadvantaged high school’s triumphant long-distance racing squad. O Merchants of Doubt (1:30) Sardonic documentary focuses on those professional spin doctors hired to laugh off chemical spills, global warming and other inconsequentia. O The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci (3:30) Tragic yet tuneful Mascagni/Leoncavallo double bill directed by Rae (“War Horse”) Smith. O Monkey Kingdom (1:42) Documentary focuses on a monkey mama struggling to raise her newborn in the wilds of Southeast Asia; Tina Fey narrates. O National Theatre London: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (3:00) David Hare’s drama-tization of the Katherine Boo Pulitzer Prize-win-ner focuses on the hopes and dreams of Mumbai slum-dwellers. O 1971 (1:19) Hard-hitting documentary about the Vietnam-era break-in of a Pennsylvania FBI office and the resulting revelations of widespread citizen surveillance. O Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (1:34) Clueless mall fuzz Kevin James heads to Vegas for a little R&R … or does he? O The Power of the Heart (1:24) Isabel Al-lende, Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra and many others reflect on love, grief and the life-changing power of the human heart. O The Salt of the Earth (1:49) Wim Wenders’ documentary pays tribute to the photographs of Sebastião Salgado and his primary subjects: suffer-ing humanity and the beauty of the earth. O The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (1:57) While hotelier Dev Patel plans his Indian wedding and the opening of a second inn, staffers Maggie Smith and Judi Dench welcome new ar-rival Richard Gere. O Seymour: An Introduction (1:24) Ethan Hawke’s documentary tribute to Seymour Bern-stein, piano prodigy-turned-teacher and mentor to a generation of talented musicians. O States of Grace (1:15) Documentary follows Dr. Grace Dammann on her long road to renewal after a head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge leaves her mind intact and her body shat-tered. O Tootsie (1:56) Larry Gelbart’s comedy classic stars Dustin Hoffman as an out-of-work actor who becomes a star when he plays a woman (onstage and off) in a TV soap opera. O True Story (1:40) Disgraced New York Times reporter Jonah Hill seeks redemption by taking down doppelganger/accused murderer James Franco. O Unfriended (1:20) High-school mean girls are stalked by the dead victim of an online video prank! O The Water Diviner (1:52) Aussie farmer Rus-sell Crowe heads to Gallipoli after WWI to find his three missing-in-action sons. O While We’re Young (1:34) Noah Baumbach comedy about the desperate friendship between a middle-aged couple and two young hipsters; Naomi Watts and Ben Stiller star. O Wild Tales (2:02) Rollicking Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee dovetails six morality tales of lust, greed and anger in modern-day Argentina. O Woman in Gold (1:50) True tale of a Viennese socialite who fought to reclaim her family’s art-works 60 years after they were seized by the Nazis; Helen Mirren stars.

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Live music04/24: Barrio Manouche Vibrant Spanish gypsy dance music. 9pm. $10. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 415/331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com.04/24: Linda Hill & The Lucky Fellers Stand-up comedy icon Linda Hill and her country music band, The Lucky Fellers, get set for a night of laughs and music! This is gonna be a blast! 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 415/383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.4/24 : Roosevelt Dime plus JimBo Trout & the Fishpeople A musical gumbo made up of bluegrass, ragtime, blues, western-swing, Appalachian, rock & roll, New Orleans, honky-tonk and more. 8pm. $15. Studio 55 Marin,1455-A East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. 415/453-3161. studio55marin.com.04/24: Salvador Santana Salvador Santana comes from a legacy of spectacular musicians—his maternal grandfather, blues pioneer Saunders King, his paternal grandfather and celebrated violinist José Santana, and, of course, his father, Rock &Roll Hall of Fame inductee and guitarist Carlos Santana. For this keyboardist, making music is never about fame or

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glory, but about lifting people up with humility, love, and positivity on a daily basis. 8pm. $15-20. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415/813-5600. fenixlive.com.04/24: Petty Theft Tom Petty Tribute Bandplus Mustache Harbor. 7:30pm. $21. Mystic Theatre, 21 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. 707/765-2121. mystictheatre.com.04/25: Aja Vu and Stealin’ Chicago Celebrate the music of Steely Dan and Chicago. Aja Vu has long performed the music of Steely Dan and now they’ve added a generous set of Chicago tunes to an evening of stellar and totally danceable music. 8pm. $18-$20. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415/813-5600. fenixlive.com.04/25: Audrey Moira Shimkas Trio Jazz the way you like it! 6pm. No cover. The Trident, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415/331-3232. thetrident.net.4/25: Cassie & Maggie MacDonald Celtic. 8pm. $15. Studio 55 Marin,1455-A East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. 415/453-3161. studio55marin.com.04/25: Dirty Cello and the Dirty SymphonyAn exhilarating concert that combines a cello-led rock and blues band with a small symphony orchestra, playing a wide variety of music, from down home blues, to Eastern-European gypsy music to classic rock.Think the Electric Light Orchestra

meets Yo Yo Ma. 8pm. $15-$18. Empress Theater, 330 Virginia St., Vallejo. 707/552-2400. empresstheatre.org.04/25: Drive-By Truckers Alternative country/southern rock. 8pm. $35/$60. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St., Napa. 707/259-0123. uptowntheatrenapa.com.04/25: House of Floyd Pink Floyd Tribute. 8pm. $22/adv, $27/door. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 415/388-1100. swmh.com.04/25: Melissa Morgan Jazz vocalist Morgan was the runner-up in the Thelonious Monk competition and this young singer is one of the new bright lights on the jazz vocal scene. 7:30pm. $20. JB Piano Showroom, 540 Irwin St., San Rafael. 415/456-9280. jbpiano.com.04/25: One Drop Reggae, roots, dancehall. 9pm. $10. Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415/892-6200. hopmonk.com.04/26: The Pillars Of Hope Poetry SlamLive poetry. 7pm. $5. Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415/892-6200. hopmonk.com.04/27: Eldar Trio Jazz night. 8pm. $20-$28. City Winery at the Historic Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. 707/226-7372. nvoh.org.04/28: Rabbit Quinn Featuring Scott Amendolaand Mike Sugar with the Jeff Desira Band. 7pm. $12/adv, $14/door. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 415/388-1100. swmh.com.04/30: John Nemeth with Amy Black. 7pm. $20/adv, $25/door. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 415/388-1100. swmh.com.4/30 Linda Imperial Band Blues, rock, folk. 8pm. $10. Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415/892-6200. hopmonk.com.05/01: Tainted Love 8pm. $27/adv, $32/door. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 415/388-1100. swmh.com.

ViDEOFinding solace

WILD is a terrific film and deserves an even larger viewing than its hit December release gar-nered it. Credit all to Reese With-erspoon who, despite being in virtually every scene—and most of those alone on some vertebra of the long Sierra backbone—absolutely radiates the drama her character’s impulsive decision has sent her on. That decision is of course to hike the famed Pacific Crest Trail from border to (almost) border, the Camino de Santiago of spirit-seekers up and down the West, in hope of coming to terms with old demons left behind and finding new bearings to give her life meaning. It’s a windswept, unforgiving place where she comes to realize that no such deals are expected or deserved. The genius of director Jean-Marc Vallée and screen-writer Nick Hornby is to have the surrounding vastness carry her memories right back to her—fresh-scrubbed, the way they often will on a long stretch of solitude, and their cumulative effect is devastating. It turns out that Cheryl Strayed was no angel, and the long march north will work out several toxins in the expected man-ner. But what haunts her are the sins that only she knows about, a shying away from life’s commitments and casual treatment of people close to her she now sees were fragile and vulnerable. How unexpected to find solace in other people met along the way, in all their variety, here in the faraway wild. Walden it ain’t, and thank the void for that. If you’re at all doubtful about getting nature’s uplift from a rental, see this movie.—Richard Gould

It’s amazing what a little time alone in the wilderness can do for the mind and soul.

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1. The mission was founded in Decem-ber of 1817.

2. The chameleon

3. ‘My Old Kentucky Home,’ written by Stephen Foster.

4. Saturday Night Live (visual shown) (1982-1985), Seinfeld (1990-1998), The New Adventures of Old Christine (visual shown) (2000-2005), and Veep (2011-present).

5. California, Colorado, Florida, Mon-tana and Nevada. Thanks for the ques-tion to Stanton Klose, from Terra Linda.

6. Pegasus

7. Kansas City (1955-1967), preceded by Philadelphia (1901-1954). Thanks for the question to Joe Herzberg, from Corte Madera.

8. 9. Yin and Yang/Shadow and Light

10. Around the World in 80 Days, accord-ing to the novel by Jules Verne.

BONUS ANSWER: Mohandas “Mahat-ma” Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 in New Delhi by a Hindu fanatic, and Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984 by Sikh extremists.

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04/25: Andean Village Music by Chaskinakuy Musicians Edmond Badoux and Francy Vida introduce audiences to an ancient culture whose music can still be heard in the mountain villages of the Andes. Flutes and panpipes of bamboo, bone, and feathers, a trumpet ten feet long, and a harp played upside down, are just some of the traditional instruments Chaskinakuy presents in this lively, bilingual program for all ages. This event is part of One Book One Marin 2015. 3-4pm. Free. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax. 415/453-8151. onebookonemarin.org

Film04/27: “Comedy Dynamics Presents: Bill Hicks” This Hicks performance, recorded at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal in 1992, showcases the extremely influential, hilarious and before-his-time comedian at the top of his game. 8pm. $12.50. Century Regency, 280 Smith Ranch Rd., San Rafael. 415/479-6496. cinemark.com.

Literary Events04/24: Michael David Lukas - The Oracle of Stamboul The Oracle of Stamboul is a spellbinding tale of historical fiction set in 1877 that follows the captivating adventures of the young and gifted Eleonora Cohen. Michael David Lukas was a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey. 1pm. Free. College of Marin, Kentfield Library, 835 College Ave., Kentfield. For more information, call 415/485-9652 or visit bookpassage.com.

Comedy04/28: Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark Pitta and Friends Established headliners and up-and-coming comics drop by and work on new material. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 415/383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.04/29: ‘True Story… Seriously’ A unique stand-up comedy special! A wild night featuring Mike Capozzola, Joe Klocek, Nagaio Bealum, Alicia Dattner and a few more jokesters telling hilarious stories about life on the comedy circuit!142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 415/383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.04/30: Mort Sahl: Social Satire Provocative humor and engaging conversation. 7pm. Free. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 415/383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

Theater04/24: Shakespeare Jubilee Four plays in four places! Bay Area Readers Dramatic Society will be reading four of Shakespeare’s finest in various locations in Sonoma County. Our readings are largely unrehearsed ... just a bunch of Shakespeare-loving actors having a great time, enjoying the poetry and prose from our favorite writer! If you can’t make this one, here are all the performances: ‘The Comedy of Errors,’ April 24 @ 6:30pm, Sebastopol Gallery, 150 N. Main St., Sebastopol; ‘All’s Well That Ends Well,’ April 28 @ 6pm, Aqus Cafe, 189 H St., Petaluma. Free. Presented by Petaluma Readers Theatre. 707/478-0057. petalumareaderstheatre.com.Through 04/26: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Jerry Bock, music, Sheldon Harnick, lyrics. Pat Nims, director. Kate Kenyon, choreography. Carl Oser,

musical direction. 8pm Fri.-Sat.; 2pm Sun. $15. Novato Theater Co., 5420 Nave Dr., Novato. 415/883-4498. novatotheatercompany.org.4/22 - 05/08: ‘The Way West’ Award winning dramedy filled with songs & frontier spirit.The modern-day American dream comes under the microscope in Marin Theatre Company’s West Coast premiere of Mona Mansour’s funny and insightful play, “The Way West”. This hilarious and heartbreaking play about today’s American family explores the mixed blessing of our great frontier spirit. “The Way West” settles in Mill Valley with a few updates from its world premiere at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater Company. 8pm. $40-$53. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley,. 415/388.5200. marintheatre.org

Dance04/24-04/25: LINES Ballet BFA in Dance Spring Showcase The Spring Showcase is the culmination of the academic year and will feature new works by Tanya Bello, Gregory Dawson, Arturo Fernandez and Julia Stiefel. 04/24: 7 pm. 04/25: 3pm. $10 (cash only). Angelico Hall, Dominican University of California, Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 415/482-3579. bfa.linesballet.org.

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Art04/24: Leda Mast: Art in Nature Opening reception for photographer Leda Mast. 3-5pm. Steele Lane Community Center, 415 Steele Ln., Santa Rosa. 707/543-3282. www.ledamast.com.04/25: Marin Open Studios Gala Preview The MOS event is a free opportunity to discover the creative community around you. Meet the artists, enjoy wine and lite bites. 8pm. 302 Bon Air Center, Greenbrae. marinopenstudios.org.04/25: Sir Francis Drake High School Student Art Show Artists’ reception: Join us for an exhibit of painting, drawing and photography by students at Sir Francis Drake High School. 2-4pm. Free. Corte Madera Public Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr., Corte Madera. 415/924-3515. marinlibrary.org

Kids Events04/25: WildCare Family Adventures: Earth Day at Hal Brown Park in Greenbrae Enjoy a FREE day of discovery and learning out in nature with the family. WildCare naturalists will lead fun family outings with the objective of deepening our commitment to taking care of our planet. 10am-12:pm. For more information, or to reserve a space on our free shuttle from the Canal area of San Rafael, please contact Marco at 415/453-1000 x17. Directions: Take Highway 101 to the San Anselmo/Sir Francis Drake exit and head west toward San Anselmo. Turn left onto Bon Air Road. We will meet at the pedestrian bridge across from Marin General Hospital. wildcarebayarea.org.

Community Events04/25: Ceres Marin Hosts Spring Jam Benefit All proceeds benefit the meal delivery program, with the goal of serving 17,000 meals in Marin this year

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‘Dead Man’s Wake’—A Staged ReadingIt’s not often that you get to pre-view a compelling play by a local playwright, with a local director and local actors—for FREE! Come on out and support this talented and hard-working ensemble as they present a staged reading of the play, ‘Dead Man’s Wake’, a powerful drama that tackles the complex psychological issues that surface in the aftermath of a family tragedy. Written by local playwright Larry Klein, and directed by local actor/director Becky Parker Geist, the play was inspired by a tragic event that happened to a local family in Mill Valley in 1969. A cham-pagne reception and talkback with Larry Klein, Becky Parker Geist and the cast will take place directly after the reading.‘Dead Man’s Wake’ is a true-to-life, character-driven play that truthfully and poign-antly tells a universal story about the power of being true to ourselves, and the power of acceptance of ourselves and others for who we—and they—choose to be. The characters in the story are struggling with personal “demons” in trying to come to terms with a tragic incident that changed their lives. All of the characters eventually develop the courage to work out their own issues, come to terms with their own truths, and find a pathway to forgiveness, acceptance, and a way to move forward.‘Dead Man’s Wake’, Friday, April 24, 7:30pm, West End Studio Theater, 1554 Fourth St., San Rafael. Tickets are free but reservations are recommended. Call 1-800/838-3006 or visit brownpapertickets.com. —Lily O’Brien

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Get Your Classical Music Fix with ECHO Chamber OrchestraSunday night is the night to kick back, and what could be lovelier than capping off your weekend with an evening of beautiful orchestral music to sweetly serenade you? Come celebrate the new ECHO Chamber Orchestra of Marin at their debut concert, an artistic collaboration between the Bay Area’s finest musicians, and Argentinean con-ductor Daniel Canosa, at the First Presbyterian Church in San Anselmo.Their vision is to create beautiful music that is a coming together of the musical expres-sion of each member of the orchestra and the director, based on strong collaboration, so that the music is fresh, exciting and engaging. Canosa says that ECHO has a person-al quality to it that makes it special, and not just another “Freeway Philharmonic.” Canosa has been a key figure on the Marin music scene for years. In 2011, he formed Marin Baroque, a professional 30-member chorus and orchestra that performs master-works from the Baroque period. Prior to that he conducted the Mayflower Chorus in San Rafael for 14 years.The program will include The Hebrides Overture and the Italian Symhony No. 4, both by Mendelssohn, and the Mother Goose Suite by Ravel. In addition to the music, there will be a complementary wine reception after the concert, where audience members can mingle with the director and musicians and help them kick off their first season.ECHO Chamber Orchestra, Sunday, April 26, 7pm, First Presbyterian Church, 72 Kensington Road, San Anselmo, $30 family admission, $15 general, $10 seniors; stu-dents with ID are free. —Lily O’Brien

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Outdoor Events04/25: Earth Day Service Projects The creation of Earth Day on April 22, 1970 marked what many consider to be the birth of the environmental movement. Today it is regarded as the largest civic event in the world. This year’s theme: “It’s Our Turn to Lead,” is one that Marin residents have embraced since the first Earth Day celebrations.

Let’s keep up the good work, Marin! Join us to clean-up and restore Bothin Marsh, Corte Madera Creek, Hal Brown Park, or Ring Mountain; be part of the fun and the Earth Day legacy! Get involved! For a complete list of Earth Day service projects happening in Marin County, visit earthdaymarin.org. 9am-12pm. Free. 04/25: Mt. Tam Earth Day: Service, Wildflowers &Stargazing Join us at the Mountain Theater on Mt. Tamalpais to celebrate Earth Day though a variety of activities from morning to night time! Give back to Mt. Tamalpais by joining a service project, followed by a lunch for our volunteers. We’ll be improving our trails, working to maintain the historic Mountain Theater, and pulling invasive plants that threaten the mountain’s rich biodiversity. After the event, we invite you to also join the Friends of Mt. Tam’s mid-day wildflower hike and the first Astronomy Program of the year after the sun sets. For more information and to register visit OneTam.org/earthday. 04/25: Standup Paddleboard Demo Day & BBQ Join us in celebrating Opening Day on the Bay with a free SUP Demo Day &BBQ! We will have our full line of our high quality standup paddleboards available for you to experience and take for a paddle in the beautiful protected waters just off of Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon. Other fun activities are planned—including a free BBQ, picnic games and fun in the sun! 10am - 1pm. Free. Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon, Northpark Picnic Area. desolationoutdoors.com.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137006 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN OPTIMAL HEALTH, 1925 FRANCISCO BLVD. EAST . STE 12, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DR. SARA KENDALL GORDON LAC, DAOM, 220 BUNGALOW, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is trans-

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136891 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: RESTAURANTE YTAQUERIA EL SALVADOR, 175 BELVEDERE ST, STE #10-11, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SILVIA CRUZ, 425 ARTHURST , NOVATO, CA 94947.The busi-ness 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 Mar 10 ,2015. (Publication Dates:Apr 3,10,17,24 of 2015)

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ARIES (March 21 - April 19) All work and no play made Aries a rich fire sign! Get ready to cash in big on April 23. Prep and prime your-self for an unexpected meet-and-greet with that elusive CFO who also frequents Trader Joe’s in the morning. There’s no time like the present, so you better present your best self forward.TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) Take a risk, Taurus! Did you ever want to join the circus? Now’s the time! You’re in for a career change on April 25 and it never felt so good to listen to your inner bull. Don’t wait around for changes to happen in the workplace—take charge like you were born to do! A clown nose never looked so good!GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) Feel like you’re going backwards, Gemini? You’re just figuring out the past. Pluto is going retrograde in your house of relationships, and all of those nerve-racking and emotionally exhaust-ing pit stops just seem to be hitting home a little harder. Try using “I” statements, and keep those fighting words to a minimum with a signifi-cant other.CANCER (June 21 - July 22) Isn’t romance sweet, Cancer? Someone ordered an airplane and spelled your name in the sky! It’s fair to say that you’ve certainly won over whomever you’ve been courting. No need to pull out the big stops to impress anymore. A day old T-shirt and your charming personality will do the trick!LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) Lady luck is on your side, Leo! You seem to have friends in all the right places. Trying to hit the town on a weekend night? You’ve got an in with all of the bouncers. Trying to make roman-tic reservations for your beloved? You know all of the hostesses in town. Keep up the small talk—it pays to be a Chatty Cathy.VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) You’re about to meet your match, Virgo! Did someone upgrade you to VIP? Don’t hesitate to mingle with the elite on April 26—each and every conversation you have might help you upgrade from that cubicle in the basement to an office next to the CEO!LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Settle down, Libra! No, really, settle down and pick a partner. Your house of committed partnerships is ready to settle down and let go of its partying ways. Who needs jello shots and to dance on bar tops when you have a partner who will fold your socks and change the oil in your car for you?SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Just put a ring on it already, Scorpio! Finding the yin to your yang is no easy feat, but when your partner is as picture-perfect as what you’re working with, it’s time to just admit defeat. Drop down to one knee and call it a day. There’s no hope for you: Next year you’ll be filing joint taxes.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Can you believe that your co-work-er said that about you, Sagittarius? Pipe down before you test out your own set of pipes. There’s no need for a screaming match on April 30—miscommunication is afoot in the stars and will tackle your patience. Do your best to check your sources before you throw accusatory flames.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Did you pay a recent visit to the Container Store, Capricorn? According to your pencil holder’s pencil holder, you’ve been getting down, dirty and organized. A little hard work cleaning does the soul good—there’s nothing like knowing exactly where your Spice Girls pencil from third grade is located at any given time. Get swept up in organizing on April 26.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Think long-term, Aquarius! The quickly approaching full moon in Scorpio on May 3 has you thinking love, career and, yes, heaven forbid—the long-term! Buckle down on April 30 and draft up a list of adjustments you’d hope to manifest with the coming full moon.PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) Spring fling is here, Pisces! Hit the town full-throttle on April 24—we’re talking a new outfit and a new beau! Love is in the air, and it’s time to ask yourself the deeper questions. Is your latest match on Tinder going to bring you eternal happiness?<

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137038 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:SPORT CUTS SR, 2056 4TH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: VIOLETTA VARGANOVA, 290 VIA CASITAS WAY, #306, GREENBRAE, CA 94904.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 Mar 30 ,2015. (Publication Dates:Apr 3,10,17,24 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137023 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:LARRY’S YARD LANDSCAPING, 195 LOS ROBLES RD, APT # 112, NOVATO, CA 94949: JAIME GONZALEZ, 195 LOS ROBLES RD, APT # 112, NOVATO, CA 94949. The busi-ness is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fic-titious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Mar 26 ,2015. (Publication Dates:Apr 3,10,17,24 of 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137040 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:MIA’S MASSAGE THERAPHY, 151 LUCAS PARK DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MYONGHEE AUSTIN, 151 LUCAS PARK DR, 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 Mar 30 ,2015. (Publication Dates:Apr 3,10,17,24 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015137048 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:ELECTRIC WORKS 100, ARQUES MARINA SLIP 128, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: ROBERT LEFF, ARQUES MARINE SLIP 128, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Mar 30 ,2015. (Publication Dates:Apr 3,10,17,24 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137059 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness: RIVERSONG, 1811 GRAND AVE, SUITE C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CLAIRE NIEMISTE, 33 MARTIN DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94949.The busi-ness 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 Mar 31 ,2015. (Publication Dates:April 10,17,24, May 1 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137063 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness: TOTALLY KUSH EVENTS, 905 CRESTA WAY # 2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: CHEYENNE BLAZE SLOCUM, 905 CRESTA WAY # 2, 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 Apr 1 ,2015. (Publication Dates:April 10,17,24, May 1 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137049 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LITTLE OWLS CHILD CARE, 25

CORTE ORIENTAL, APT 2, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: 1) ADRIANA PALMEIRA, 25 CORTE ORIENTAL APT 2, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. 2) MAYA LONCHAR, 1446 LINCOLN AVE # 5, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by CO- PARTNERS. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fic-titious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Mar 31 ,2015. (Publication Dates:April 10,17,24, May 1 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137017 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PRANAFORCE YOGA, 121 MONO AVE B, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: PRANAFORCE, 121 MONO AVE B, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION.Registrant will begin trans-acting business under the fictitious busi-ness name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Mar 26, 2015. (Publication Dates:April 10,17,24, May 1 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137087 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:ANACELIS SERVICES LLC, 132 BELLAM BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ANACELIS SERVICES LLC, 132 BELLAM BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Apr 03 ,2015. (Publication Dates:April 10,17,24, May 1 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015137094 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:1) NIPPLENEST 2) BABYMAMA, 58 SPRUCE AVENUE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: AMFULL ENTERPRISES, 58 SPRUCE AVENUE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960.The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Apr 06 ,2015. (Publication Dates:April 10,17,24, May 1 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137092 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:ANCESTRAL VOICE- INSTITUTE FOR INDIGENOUS LIFEWAYS, 108 D OLIVA CT, NOVATO, CA 94947: PHILLIP SCOTT, 108 D OLIVA CT, NOVATO, CA 94947.The busi-ness is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fic-titious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Apr 06 ,2015. (Publication Dates:April 10,17,24, May 1 of 2015)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No:304614 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on March 17,2015,Under File No:136943. Fictitious Business name(s) WISE WISHES INSTITUTE WWI, 1330 LINCOLN AVE, #208D, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: WISE WISHES INSTITUTE, 1330 LINCOLN AVE, #208D, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Mar 27, 2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 10,17,24,May 1 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137122 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BOOKS, 367A FORREST AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: DENNIS RIVERS, 367A FORREST AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin trans-acting business under the fictitious busi-ness name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Apr 8,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 17,24,May 1,8 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137125

The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PHASES EXPERIENTIAL THERAPIES, 1010 LOOTENS PL # 18, SAN RAFEL, CA 94901: DAWN ANGEL AVERITT, 1342 RUSSELL ST, BERKLEY, CA 94702. The busi-ness is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fic-titious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Apr 9,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 17,24,May 1,8 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015137139 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: OCR EXPEDITIONS, 14 MORELOS AVE, FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933: MICHAEL STOCKER, 14 MORELOS AVE, FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Apr 10,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 17,24,May 1,8 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137143 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CARLEE McCARTY, CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE APPRAISER, 44 ROYAL COURT, SAN RAFAEL,CA 94901: CARLEE McCARTY, 44 ROYAL CT, 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 Apr 13,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 17,24,May 1,8 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137145 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness: THE POSH PLANTER, 51 BOTHIN ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: SHARON BEGOVICH, 51 BOTHIN ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.The busi-ness is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fic-titious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Apr 13,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 17,24,May 1,8 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137064 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ZEYTOON PERSIAN CUISINE, 2214 FOURTH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MICHAEL M. KIMIYAIE, 6 LANYARD COVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Apr 01,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 17,24,May 1,8 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015137060 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THERAPY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, 822 D STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARIEFRANCE Y COTE, 850 NICASIO VALLEY RD, NICASIO, CA 94946.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 Mar 31,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 17,24,May 1,8 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137172 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness: ROSIN CONSULTING, 96 WATERSIDE CIR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SUSAN E . ROSIN, 96 WATERSIDE CIR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin trans-acting business under the fictitious busi-ness name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Apr 16,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 24,May 1,8,15 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137195 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-


Q: I’m new to online dating. I’m a nice, good-looking guy with a good job, but I have a muscular condition that causes me to

shake a lot. I’m not looking to fool anyone, but I don’t want to adver-tise my condition on my profile because it’s so personal. My last date was several months ago, and it ended with her saying I was “creepy” because of my disability—a condition I was born with.—Bummed

A: Apparently, this last woman you dated is so used to wearing her heart on her sleeve that she failed to notice that most of it broke off (and is maybe still lying

there with her driver’s-side mirror at the Burger King drive-thru).The thing is, even women who might be open to dating a guy with a bit of a wiggle

are likely to be miffed at having it withheld from them until the first date. They’d probably feel similarly if they were surprised by your actual height, weight, or species. In other words, the underlying issue is the lack of disclosure, not the lack of sit-still-ness—which doesn’t justify for a second what this woman said to you. (Clearly, her disability—being a compassionless bitch—is just less visible than yours.)

However, I’m not going to kumbaya you. Advertising yourself as “tall, dark and shaky” wouldn’t be ideal. Even revealing it on the phone could lead to some pain-ful date cancellations. But, as for your notion that your condition is “so personal,” a spastic colon is personal; a woman won’t know about yours unless it’s in such an advanced state that it cuts into conversation to correct her grammar. Your tremors, however, become public the moment you walk into a place to meet a woman—which is actually the perfect time to make a crack like, “Is it freezing in here, or do I have a muscular disorder?” Maybe while wearing a T-shirt with, “That’s my groove thing I’m shaking.”

How dare I joke about a disability?! Truth be told, I can’t really take credit for this approach. I call it “The Callahan,” after my late quadriplegic cartoonist friend, John Callahan, who buzzed around Portland in a motorized wheelchair, cracking jokes like, “See my new shoes? I hear they’re very comfortable.”

Callahan understood that a person’s disability often becomes a big wall between them and the rest of us because we’re afraid of doing or saying the wrong thing. But through his refusal to, uh, pussychair around the subject, Callahan told people how the disabled want to be treated, which is “just like everyone else.” And because the rest of us get poked fun of, Callahan did cartoons featuring disabled people. One of these has a posse on horseback in the desert looking down at an empty wheelchair. The posse leader reassures the others, “Don’t worry, he won’t get far on foot”—which became the title of Callahan’s autobiography.

Adopting a more Callahan-esque attitude—using humor—would allow you to set the tone for your condition to be just a fact about you instead of a fact people pity you for. And by offering to answer questions they might have, you can shrink any big, scary mysteries down to a more manageable size. For example: How permanent is your condition? Will it get worse? If we make babies together, what are the chances they’ll be vibrating in their crib?

And, no, I’m not going to tell you what 35 readers will write to tell me after this column comes out—that you should go on a dating site for people with disabilities. What I will tell you is that online dating isn’t an ideal venue for everyone. Plenty of non-disabled people find it brutal.

But there’s good news for you from some research by evolutionary psychologists Kevin Kniffin and David Sloan Wilson. On day one of a six-week archeological dig, they had students give their first impressions of the smarts, likability and physical attractiveness of their new classmates. On the last day, the students re-rated one another. Well, it seems that physical attractiveness can be heavily influenced by personality and character. For example, a woman whose looks initially rated a measly 3.25 (out of 9) became a hardworking, popular member of the group. By the end of the course, her hotitude in other students’ eyes shot up to a 7.

In other words, if, beyond that shaky exterior, you’re a pretty great guy, you’re probably better off looking for dates in Meetup.com groups and other arenas where you’ll have continuing contact with women. Remember, you only need to charm that one girl—one who is so excited to find a sweet guy who reminds her of a movie star that she doesn’t mind that it happens to be Katharine Hepburn at 70. <

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ness: TAVIANO SALON, 159 E. BLITHEDALE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MARY JOY OTTAVIANO, 374 BUTTERFIELD RD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and reg-istration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious busi-ness name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Apr 20,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 24,May 1,8,15 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137202 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) BLUE WILD FLOWER, 2) WILDFLOWER, 3) WILDFLOWERS 4) THE WILDFLOWER BLUES, 167 TERRACE AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARIE CATHERINE RODRIGUES LANG, 167 TERRACE AVE, 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 Apr 21,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 24,May 1,8,15 of 2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 137203 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BASSETT & CO, 1579 LINCOLN AVE #208, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARK BASSETT & CO INC, 1579 LINCOLN AVE, #208, 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 Apr 21,2015. (Publication Dates: Apr 24,May 1,8,15 of 2015)

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER EORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1501135. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CARRIE MIKAËLE HOLZER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1) CARRIE MIKAËLE HOLZER to MIKAËLE DAWN TATE, 2) COLE TATER to COLE TATE.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 object-

ing 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 hear-ing 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: 05/04/2015 AT 09:00 AM, ROOM A, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 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: MAR 26, 2015 (Publication Dates: Apr 3,10,17,24 of 2015)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1501137. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MISHARY STEWART AL -SALEM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: MISHARY STEWART AL- SALEM to MISHARY KHALID SAOUD AL- SALEM.THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indi-cated 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: 04/29/2015 AT 08:30 AM, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 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: MAR 26, 2015 (Publication Dates: Apr 3,10,17,24 of 2015)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1501069. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LUIS ANTONIO DELEON SIGNOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as fol-

lows: LUIS ANTONIO DELEON- SIGNOR to LUIS ANTONIO SIGNOR.THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indi-cated 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: 05/01/2015 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT A,ROOM A, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 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 peti-tion in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: MAR 20, 2015 (Publication Dates: Apr 3,10,17,24 of 2015)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1501230. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner THU NGOC NGUYEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: THU NGOC NGUYEN to GIA THU NGUYEN.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 object-ing 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 hear-ing 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: 05/18/2015 AT 09:00 AM, ROOM A, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 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: Apr 3, 2015 (Publication Dates: Apr 10,17,24 of 2015)

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