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The unfiltered truthIt’s nice to know the Marin County

Board of Supervisors is concerned about the safety of county residents and is con-sidering a ban on smoking in apartments and condominiums because of the health effects of secondhand smoke. In which case, if they are really concerned about us, why not also pass a law against selling and consuming alcohol? Many states have (dry) alcohol-free counties, i.e., Texas, Ala-bama, Georgia, have had them for decades.

The reality is that nationwide every single weekend hundreds of people are killed by drunken drivers, even more are seriously injured, and property damage is in the millions. Every single weekend, for decades. You probably remember a few cases right here in Marin.

Secondhand cigarette smoke is no-where near as dangerous to the public’s health. Automobile exhaust is far worse. But of course we all know that the board of supervisors wouldn’t even think about making Marin a dry county, for any num-ber of reasons, including all the wealthy and super-wealthy toes they would be stepping on. But apartment residents, and condominium residents, they are easy meat. And it’s all done in the name of safety; the supervisors are concerned about our health; how nice of them. I think I need a cigarette.Paul Barrier, Novato

In which we truly reach bottomRegarding Incinerated in Marin’s Open

Letters-styled contribution [“The Margher-ita Has Two Faces,” Nov. 11]; here’s another:

Thank you, First Sheet of a New Toilet Paper Roll, that won’t tear off evenly so I have to scratch and claw and shred three layers of the roll just to get the thing started. But that’s cool. I’ll have the last laugh, since I know where you’re ending up!

Sincerely,Scratched Out in San Rafael

Craig Whatley, San Rafael

Patio faux pasGood review of Le Chalet Basque [“For

Whom the Basque Tolls,” Nov. 4]! But, you should have also mentioned how pleasant it is to have lunch on the patio. Since it’s usu-ally warmer there than in Southern Marin, I like to go there to enjoy both the food and the sunshine.

Nina Meister, Sausalito

His ‘Quilt’ runneth overIn regards to last week’s cover story [“The

Korty Quilt,” Nov. 4]. Stinson Beach was a very lonely place for a city kid to spend weekends. My working home was on Bernal Heights in the Mission but Mom and Dad had spent years with the Henry Miller clan of Anderson Creek in Big Sur. Stinson was Mom and Dad’s return to Godhead. At that time in my life, Stinson and the highway that took us there was the bane of my existence. I had few friends in Stinson, just two surfer brothers who have both since left this Earth in an LSD caravan. I spent my weekends fantasizing about gnomes, giants and wanton women whom I hoped would walk the beach searching for adventure. I always planned to meet up with them. One weekend, Dad insisted I go down to the Community Center. A “fi lmmaker” by the name of John Korty was showing Marx Brothers movies on Saturday nights. Plagued by social anxiety, my father knew that only paternal force would work with me. Movie men of comedy were my only real pleasure at that age: Abbott and Costello, the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers. In the nearly empty room was this skinny blond college kid in a corduroy jacket standing next to his projector. He just fi nished threading a

16mm fi lm up and started to run it. I won-dered why the hell he would bother. When the lights went out I knew it was safe to go in and fi nd a seat. An hour and a half later, I burst back into our “living room” at the top of Belvedere Avenue and timidly announced my intentions to my parents: “I’m going to make funny movies that are for kids just like John Korty does!” Thank you, John Korty. I’ve spent the last 20 years lighting and shooting fi lm and video for broadcast television; Ollie and Ronnie in Washington, crocodiles for Nat Geo in Venezuela, tornado chasers for Discovery in the U.S., murderers and serial killers for Dateline NBC, marionette shows in Australia, Bill’s Monica for Diane Sawyer and ABC News, explosives experts in coal mines in France and Wales. I’ve loved every minute. Thank you for your sudden appearance and the quiet inspiration you gave a lonely and bored “weekender” kid so many years ago.

Rob Van Praag, San Francisco

This is what we call‘spliffing hairs’...

“Pot” is a prejudicial term with negative connotations [“Feds Smoking Out Fairfax Pot Club,” Nov. 11]. “Cannabis” is the proper term to use.

Dale Parker, Temecula

And they say pop-art criticismdied with Lawrence Alloway...

Regarding your recent headline-pun item on the New York Daily News headline “Nut Bolts, Screws” [“But Did He Eat, Shoot and Leave?” Nov. 11]. Here’s another: Circa 1960, there were several tropical-themed network TV series on the air (Hawaiian Eye, Surf-side Six, etc.). One, Adventures In Paradise,

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concerned the skipper of the schooner Tiki in the South Seas. One TV critic, who thought the boat was the best part of the show, wrote, “No Tiki, no watchee!”

Kimberly Clark, Greenbrae

Bruce took the WestboundWe used to have a leader of our bird-

watching walks around Las Gallinas pond on Thursday mornings. Sometimes people would ask Bruce, our leader, about the train. He was a very nice old guy, but he always raised his voice and listed the cities he had lived in. “I lived in New York and Tokyo and London and Paris—these cities have trains because the people live in high-rise buildings. They don’t drive to the station, they walk half a block.” And on and on.

We still walk around the pond and the so-called SMART train controversy reminds many of us how much we miss Bruce. All the train is good for is creating political plum jobs and contracts for connected scoundrels. Big surprise, eh?

David Weinstock, Fairfax

The Marin-Humboldt disconnect spelled out for all to see...

Regarding last week’s cover illustra-tion [“Toto, I Don’t Think We’re In Marin’s 6th Congressional District Anymore!” Nov. 11] What do the Harlem Globetrotters

and your illustrator’s spelling of “Humboldt”

have in common? They’re both lacking “D”!Ba, dum... cha!

Jacob Shafer, Garberville


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T O P P O S T I N G S T H I S W E E K›› TOWNSQUARENovato doctor hands in stethoscope An 81-year-old Novato doctor has surrendered his license to practice medicine to settle a state medical board case stemming from alleged criminal sexual molestation charges. ....Steve Jobs, The Biography Walter Isaacson has penned a biography on the boy/man genius, Steve Jobs that blew my socks off. When I wasn’t cursing his bad manners, I was tearing up over the pain he was ...Marin progressives to send message to ‘super committee’ MoveOnMarin--the local branch of the nationwide progressive group MoveOn.org--is planning its latest demonstra-tion in downtown

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The offending, highly ironic image.

For some proponents, the conven-tional road to zero waste is a mis-sion; for others it’s a feel-good effort;

yet for others, it’s a sham that disguises the real problem—society’s insatiable demand for goods and its compulsion to throw away what’s no longer wanted.

A throwaway consumer culture is an unsustainable proposition, according to zero-waste proponents. The problem has been how to encourage a new paradigm that puts value on reducing waste, a goal made all the more important because the life of landfi lls in this country is reaching the terminal stage. The fi rst epoch in zero waste came with recycling. It was all the rage. Curbside recycling was considered to be the most forward-thinking, envi-ronmentally friendly proposition. But for many zero-waste proponents, recycling was a trap that actually impeded progress toward true zero waste.

Rather than relying on residents, the most effective way to move toward zero waste requires enlisting the sup-port of waste haulers and landfills and an entire waste industry that has been hesitant to join the effort. And until businesses, both inside and outside the industry, can be enticed to join the movement, getting to that zero-waste

rainbow will remain as elusive as a pot of gold.

As the 21st century enters its second decade, the state’s zero-waste effort bears a striking similarity to the organic food movement of the late 20th century. When Californians, including and especially Marinites, began embracing an organic food ethic, many outsiders considered the movement frivolous. The media often ran humorous stories about those crazy Cali-fornians and their weird food preferences. But that kind of marginalization failed to stem the movement. Today it’s common to see organic food sections in the biggest supermarkets and huge agribusiness com-panies tout their products as natural.

When business interests realized that organics could be profi table and “natural” foods could attract customers, organic food went mainstream. The same may be happening in the zero-waste world, which explains why FedEx now runs TV ads touting its use of recycled packaging mate-rial; that’s just one example of the trend marketers are starting to appropriate.

“Businesses are leading the way to zero waste,” says Gary Liss of Gary Liss & As-sociates, a consultant who helps businesses and communities move toward zero waste. He’s the founder and past president

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Our inaugural Heroes of Marin awards! With all due respect to Tina Turner—we do need another hero.

And with that in mind, the Pacific Sun, in partnership with Circle Bank, is presenting its first-ever Heroes of Marin awards—a salute to the community members whose dedication to bet-tering the lives of county residents has helped make Marin the special place it is today.

After fielding more than 100 nominations from Pacific Sun readers, our panel of “hero” judg-es bestowed awards in eight separate categories. Recipients will be honored in the Pacific Sun over the next four weeks through feature stories highlighting their good works. Additionally, the award will receive a heroes’ welcome tonight, Nov. 17, at a reception at Circle Bank in Corte Madera. Look for the first two features—one on Elaine Petrocelli, the other on Ed and Nancy Boyce—in the Nov. 25 issue, with more to come Dec. 2 and 9, before we wrap up our hero-making with a Lifetime Achievement award to Mountain Play stalwart Jim Dunn on Dec. 16.

Here’s a quick look at the 2011 Heroes of Marin award winners in their respective categories:ARTS AND CULTURE: Elaine Petrocelli, for helping make Marin a mecca for authors and

readers throughout the Bay Area and keeping the printed word alive through Book Passage. COMMUNITY SPIRIT: Ed and Nancy Boyce, for their dedication to such causes and

institutions as MarinLink, Marin General Hospital, Project Care for Children and Crib Club—through the Boyces’ efforts, Marin is a healthier place to live.

COURAGE: Nancy Novack, for creating Nancy’s List, an organization to meet the non-medical needs of people living with cancer and living its mission statement, “No one will ever go through cancer alone.”

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP: Sea Stewards, for taking the bite out of the bale-ful shark-fin industry by leading the state-wide charge to ban the sale of shark fins, which has resulted in the Shark Protection Act, co-authored by Assemblyman Jared Huffman, and signed into law last month by Gov. Brown.

INNOVATION: Fresh Starts Cooking School, for turning invaluable food-services train-ing into the creme de la creme of Homeward Bound’s job training programs.

RISING STAR: Casey Poore, for helming the Redwood High School Friendship Club and its mission to create connections in the lives of students with learning differences and other educational challenges.

ROLE MODEL: Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity, for advocating and provid-ing a safety net for the county’s homeless and at-risk youth.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: James Dunn, for leading the Mountain Play through 30 years of leg-breaking productions and embodying quality Marin theater over the course of a five-decade career.—Jason Walsh

Former ‘Sun’ executive editor Don Stanley, 1925 - 2011 Don Stanley, former execu-tive editor of the Pacific Sun and “godfather” of both “Tales of the City” and “The Serial”, died Nov. 8 at his home in Eugene, Oregon. He was 86, said his wife, Ellen, and died of an age-related illness. He died peacefully at home, said Ellen, with his family and dogs all around him. “That’s

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Mark your calendars for Dec. 2-4 to take advantage of wholesale prices for exotic items from the collection of acclaimed designer Sudha Pennathur. The sale of Sudha’s treasures ben-efits The Redwoods, a nonprofit senior residential community in

Mill Valley. A Tiburon resident, Sudha fre-quently travels to India where she mentors a group of master craftspeople to create her distinctive jewelry and other gift items. “Every year the Sudha sale benefits the craftspeople of India as well as The Red-woods,” said Barbara Solomon, executive director of The Redwoods. “We are grate-ful for Sudha’s incredible commitment to people globally and locally.” Sounds like Sudha’s a Hero just about everywhere. The benefit sale is Dec. 2 to 4 at Town Center Corte Madera.

Watching Jackson Browne’s acoustic concert at the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium was a civilized event. A park-ing lot full of BMWs and Volvo SUVs. Orderly crowds and com-fortable, reserved seating. No standing or dancing in the aisles, giving even the shortest concertgoers the ability to see the stage. Typical, refined Marin baby boomer behavior. Until the iP-hones and Droids were discreetly removed from pockets and purses. Flash, flash, flash. Distracting and disruptive, especially after the announcement about not using flash photography. Zeros, next time, enjoy the show with your naked eyes, rather than through the screen of your iPhone. “It ultimately comes down to manners,” said Marin Center Director Jim Farley.—Nikki Silverstein

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1. What part of the Bay Area is considered the world’s largest landlocked harbor?2. What devastating hurricane devastated New Orleans in the summer of 2005?3. What popular music genre was born in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica in the 1960s?4. Each answer is a phrase that contains north, south, east or west:4a. Modern names of two countries created in 1948 from one ancient land4b. Academy Award-winning best picture of 19614c. Pictured, right: Marine Corps officer, political commentator, military histo-rian and best-selling author caught in a political scandal in the late 1980s5. Pictured, right: What African ante-lope with a three-letter name is also called a wildebeest?6. 2010 wasn’t the best year for Toy-ota’s reputation; millions of automo-biles were recalled because of what problems?7. What is the primary ingredient of rum?8. Named after a 19th-century Aus-trian physicist, what effect causes the sound of a moving object to change its pitch as it approaches and then passes by?9a. What Asian island nation is predominantly Christian?9b. Pictured, right: What elected congressman from that country is welterweight boxing champion of the world?10. June 17, 2010, shortly after the World Cup in South Africa, a fan was ejected from Yankee Stadium for blowing what?

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FRIDAY, NOV. 18 Bad Sex We’ve always felt that any sex that you’re not having was bad sex. But this is about actual sexual disorders. LOGO. 9pm.Santa Jr. Santa’s son is arrested and needs a lawyer. It’s really not surprising the kid would end up in trouble. His dad is a serial burglar who refuses to spend Christmas with his family. (2002) Hallmark. 10pm.

SATURDAY, NOV. 19 Walking the Amazon You might want to roll up your pants. Discovery Channel. 8pm.Tattooed in Detroit When we read “Ani-mal Tattoo Artist,” we were shocked, but it turns out they are just tattoos depicting wildlife. Still, a Born to Ride tatt on a hairless Chihuahua would be pretty cool. Animal Planet. 8pm.Hoarders We’re thinking 2,500 rats are too many rats. Unless you are assembling a rat army. Then it’s “a division.” A&E. 9pm.

SUNDAY, NOV. 20 2011 American Music Awards They are going to let all the other stars give Justin Bieber noogies. CBS. 8pm.Your Body on Drugs Scientific imaging and computer animation reveal the effects of drugs on the human body. These can include rapid heart rate, disorientation, diz-ziness and total awesomeness. Discovery Channel. 9pm.Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Revisited This is the new version in which Dr. Drew checks in with cast members from earlier seasons to find out if they are still clean, and whether or not they are still “celebrities.” MTV. 9pm.

MONDAY, NOV. 21 Undercover Christmas An FBI agent assigned to protect a witness brings her home and presents her to his family as his girl-friend. They become sus-picious, however, when he insists that the “Secret Santa” be conducted as “REALLY Secret Santa.” (2003) Lifetime. 8pm.You Deserve It In this new game show, people play to win money for friends and loved ones, who will then become estranged when they don’t win enough money and unleash their scorn on next season’s “But I Thought We Had Something Special!” ABC. 9pm.The Search for Santa Paws A talking dog and an orphan save Christmas when Santa suffers amnesia, which you’ll probably wish you had if you actually watched this movie. (2010) ABC Family. 9pm.

TUESDAY, NOV. 22 The Biggest Loser The trainers prepare a Thanks-giving dinner for the contestants. We’re pretty sure smear-ing protein paste on a celery stick does not qualify as “stuffing” it. NBC. 8pm.Sandwiches That You Will Like And you

will like liking them. KQED. 8pm.Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage A young man is inspired to paint a mural of a small town. We’re waiting for the sequel when a different young man is inspired to graffiti over it and turn it into actual art. (2008) Lifetime. 8pm.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23 Man vs Food Marathon You could watch several hours of gluttonous overeating. Or you could just wait for tomorrow. Travel Channel. All Night. Ghostbusters Four men discover a method to eliminate dark haunting echoes of a sin-ister past. Bill Murray still wishes he could do that for Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties. (1984) VH1. 7:30pm.Lady Hoggers American Hoggers came out last week and there is already a “Lady Hog-gers” version. This week the women deal with a feral boar rampaging on a golf course. He tears up the turf and menaces the golfers. But he birdies on three holes. A&E. 10:30pm.

THURSDAY, NOV. 24 Horton Hears a Who A buffoonish elephant hears voices and is convinced there is a civilization on a tiny

speck of dust. When one of them tells him he is a Nigerian prince with a lucrative financial oppor-tunity, Horton becomes suspicious. (2008) NBC. 8pm.Punkin Chunkin 2011 It’s good to know that the United States is still No. 1 in building elaborate cata-pults to launch pumpkins across cornfields. Discov-ery Channel. 8pm.Happiness Is a Warm Blanket In the first new

Peanuts special in years, Charlie and the gang try to help Linus give up his blanket. Look for Linus on next season’s edition of Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab. Fox. 8:30pm.A Very Gaga Thanksgiving For most of us it’s “A Very Turkey Coma Thanksgiving” at this point in the evening. ABC. 10pm.Critique That TV Guy at [email protected].

Christmas has really gone to the dogs. Monday, 9pm.

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of the National Recycling Coalition. Liss points to a report that about 2,800 busi-nesses in Japan adopted zero waste as a goal. “Almost all of them achieved zero waste to landfi lls by seven or eight years ago. A third of those achieved zero waste to incineration. The others were working on that goal.” That’s important because the simple phrase “no burn, no bury” encap-sulates the true zero-waste philosophy.

Liss also points to Ricoh Electronics in Orange County. “They were diverting 90 percent from landfi lls,” says Liss, “but 10 percent was going to an incinerator in Long Beach.” The Japanese government had instituted zero-waste-to-landfi ll as a primary goal and zero-waste-to-incin-eration as a secondary goal. When the worldwide movement expressed concern about that 10 percent going to incinera-tion, Ricoh stepped up its efforts. “They tried to fi gure out how to wean themselves off of that, and I think they are down to 2 or 3 percent going to the local burner. They have been working on it.”

The move toward true zero waste, despite delays and setbacks, has proceeded faster in California than in many other states because the initial efforts for recy-cling began earlier here. And that makes it easier to move toward the next step. “We’ve been working here for 15 years,” says Liss, a former solid waste manager for the city of San Jose, where he developed groundbreaking recycling programs. “In California, I think people are getting it.” While the rest of the country may have been slower on the zero-waste uptake, that may be changing because of an ironic stimulus: the weak economy.

Businesses across the country “are turn-ing to zero waste because it sounds like a good idea,” says Liss. Embracing a zero-waste goal can reduce expenses for busi-nesses, which makes moving toward zero waste a realistic bottom-line proposition. (Not to mention the marketing points businesses can score as they advertise a zero-waste ethic.)

But after recognizing that they can cut expenses by cutting waste, businesses face the next hurdle. “They recognize they want to do something. They recognize that they can save money, but they’re not sure what to do,” says Liss. He and consultants like him help sort out the challenges for the companies. Liss estimates that “maybe a thousand or two” companies across the country can count themselves in the fore-front of zero waste and “are really getting there.” That’s exactly how the organic food industry got started.

“Where it’s really catching on is at spe-cial events,” says Liss, who cites the Green Sports Alliance, which just adopted a zero-waste goal. “That type of commitment is an incredible phenomenon that’s occurred just in the last couple of months.” An-other business that seems to be embracing the zero-waste ethic might be a surprise: Waste Management Inc., the giant landfi ll

operator and waste hauler. Its properties include Redwood Landfi ll in Marin, which the company is working to rebrand as a resource recovery center.

Liss says that during a “zero-waste brain trust meeting” in San Francisco this past summer, waste haulers who attended said they support the zero-waste ethos. The challenge now, he adds, is to fi gure out new business deals that can provide the haulers with revenue based on zero-waste resource recovery rather than hauling material to a dump or incinerator. “That’s what the Zero Waste Brain Trust is work-ing on, how to fi gure out business deals to make it work as a win-win situation.” It’s a serious challenge. “One of the things we talk about is a death spiral for the garbage industry. When your rates are based on the amount of waste [customers put in their garbage], and they put out less and less, that’s a death spiral because the costs are still there.” In a zero-waste world, contracts move toward rate structures and compensation that cover the unavoidable expense of getting to zero waste. It’s not free. But it’s necessary.

When Waste Management talks, ev-eryone listens. The same seems to be true in reverse. Some businesses, hit hard by the slumped economy, approached the big kid on the block to glean ideas on reducing waste. Initially the company had no good answers. But that changed. It now has a green team to help businesses and is engaged in buying composting companies across the country. One of its composting facilities is at Redwood Land-fi ll. Zero-waste proponents want more capacity in Marin.

Although some zero-waste proponents question Waste Management’s com-mitment to zero waste, the company’s embrace of the philosophy is a signal that times may be changing. And there’s more evidence: The National Solid Waste Man-agement Association, which Liss calls “the traditional managers of the solid waste system,” now holds conferences about the path to zero waste.

A big problem with the move toward zero waste in the business community, one that mirrors the situation in the organics movement, is a lack of standardization and certifi cation. Shoppers can select produce that has an approved organics label and be relatively confi dent that the produce is, indeed, organic. No such certifi cation exits for zero waste; that means a business has no way to truly capitalize on its zero-waste ethos—yet.

Zero-waste proponents are looking at potential standards based on defi nitions and principles developed at the Interna-tional Solid Waste Association. They focus on having an independent third party verifi cation system that would award levels of certifi cation. A customer might see, for example, a bronze, silver, gold or platinum label that recognizes the zero-waste par-ticipation of a company and its product.

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how he wanted it,” she said, “not in a hospital bed with tubes sticking out of him.” Don had an illustrious journalism career at the Sun, San Francisco Examiner (back when it was a real newspaper), Sacramento Bee, Alameda-Times Star, Stars and Stripes in Germany and the Moun-tain Messenger in Grass Valley. Don and I were at the Examiner, he as book editor and me as Sunday editor, when I bought the three-year-old Sun in 1966. Four years later I lured him to the Sun as executive editor. He was a remarkable finder and developer of writing talent, from Linda Xiques (who became managing editor) and Sheila Benson (who became the lead film critic of the L.A. Times) to Armistead Maupin and Cyra McFadden.

In 1974, when the Sun had a San Francisco edition, Don was approached by an aspiring, unemployed young writer from North Carolina named Armistead Maupin. He proposed to Don a newspaper serial, with a new episode every week, centering on friends of naive newcomer Mary Ann Singleton. We named it “The Serial” and it was wildly successful... for five weeks. Then the dismal finances of the city edition forced us to pull the plug. Back in Marin Don and I longed for a Marin writer who could pick up “The Serial” torch. Up popped Cyra McFadden. She had misgivings about keeping up the quality on a weekly basis, but working with Don she was a roaring success. Meanwhile, noting Cyra’s triumph, the Chronicle chased down Armistead. He reprinted his first five episodes of” The Serial” as “Tales of the City” and vaulted to fame and fortune that still endures.

Don was a lovely man, a rare combination of warmth and intellectual brilliance. “When he died he still had his wits about him,” said Ellen, “and even in his 80s he was a chick magnet. His caretaker girls, in their 30s, were totally in love with him.” Don is survived by Ellen, five children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Don grew to dislike the cold, Ellen said, so his memorial service will be held off until the spring, in their backyard. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Eugene Public Library or the American Civil Liberties Union.—Steve McNamara

Bike park rolls ahead Tuesday night the Marin County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the environmental review of the Marin County Department of Parks and Open Space’s proposed bike park in Stafford Lake County Park in Novato, and allocated $140,000 toward final design work, construction fees and permits.

The Marin County Bicycle Coalition says that a volunteer and fundraising drive will be under way soon to raise money to complete the project: “a world-class bike park.” The pro-posed 17-acre bike park is slated to include a single-track loop trail, gravity-fed flow trails with jumps and berms, several pump tracks, North Shore style elevated trails, a dual slalom course and more. The park is located just west of downtown Novato.

The supes also unanimously granted the bike coalition a $30,000 annual contract to help implement the county’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. Last year the contract was for $35,000, and in years before that the coalition received $40,000, but the reduction is in step with the ever-shrinking county budget.—Julie Vader

Kinsey to hand over keys to transportation agency Marin County Supervisor Steve Kinsey is stepping out of the driver’s seat of the Transportation Authority of Marin. The West Marin supe has steered the TAM ship since becoming its chairman in 1998; he’ll remain on the TAM board, along with his four county supervisor colleagues and representatives from each of Marin’s 11 other municipalities.—JW

New ‘world’s largest turkey’ occupies Town Center Corte Madera While everyone seems to have a different opinion about how best to help the needy during the holiday sea-son, there’s one thing just about everyone can agree upon.

That’s one big turkey. The gargantuan gobbler that’s perched itself at the Town Center Corte Madera for

the past 18 years is back once again—but, in pure Marin fashion, the old bird’s gone for a facelift.

The original turkey was created and built 18 years ago by Industrial Light and Magic film set designer John Lister. But after nearly two decades of collecting canned-food donations, as well as other non-perishable items and toiletries, to be distributed through New Year’s by the Marin Food Bank, “the turkey needed some work,” according to Town Center officials.

So Lister has created a new turkey for the Town Center; at 24 feet wide and almost 20 feet tall, it’s virtually a replica of the old turkey and will have the same interactive features including the bobbing head, stairs to climb up and a liftable wing to drop in donations that then roll down into the belly of the turkey.

Stan Hoffman, general manager of the Town Center, says he’s “honored” that the Town Center and its shoppers can help the Marin Food Bank each year.

“The turkey is a wonderful way to remind our friends and families that there is plenty of need to help the county’s less fortunate families,” says Hoffman.

Town Center officials estimate they’ve collected over 100,000 pounds of donated foods and toiletries over the years.

“Many people don’t realize the scope of hunger here in Marin,” says Paul Ash, execu-tive director of the San Francisco and Marin Food banks. “This time of year and always, we depend on the generosity of others and we encourage people to come together to

In addition to helping customers choose products, the system also would provide guidelines for companies to meet stan-dardized zero-waste goals.

The news that Marin and its cities are working on plans to join other communi-ties in the state that are banning plastic carryout bags heartens some zero-waste proponents. But not Paul Palmer.

He says the plastic bag-bans are a sym-bol of an ineffectiveness that haunts the effort. “We’re actually going backwards. We’re abandoning any thought of making any real change; we’re really just doing re-cycling,” says Palmer, author of the book Getting to Zero Waste. Palmer, who coined the term “zero waste” and founded the Zero Waste Institute, says products must be redesigned so they produce “little to no discard.”

One of the most militant zero-waste proponents, Palmer sees it as a fundamen-tally societal issue. The dominant para-digm in the current consumer throwaway world, he stresses, is expendability. And that’s what must change to produce real results. “The basic problem is that we live in a world dedicated to creating garbage and throwing things away. Unless we deal with that, we are just puttering around the edges.” In a true zero-waste world, for example, raw material would be fabricated into shapes much closer to the fi nished product than current manufacturing processes. In a metal shop, sheet metal would be fabricated close to the tolerances that would eventually be used to produce a fi nished fabricated form. That reduces scrap. Although some metal shops and garment manufactures already cut their materials to reduce scrap, Palmer wants to up the ante.

He believes that insuffi cient thought has gone into creating a comprehensive system of zero waste. When it comes to bags, Palmer says, the marketplace needs

an overhaul. In Palmer’s zero-waste vision, if shoppers purchase more than antici-pated and need additional bags, they can get them after placing a deposit with the store. Then, because the bags would be standardized in a city or a county, shop-pers could return them to any other store for a return on their deposit. Stores still could use the bags for marketing by slip-ping a marketing message into a sleeve on the bag, rather than printing a proprietary message on them. Many businesses could use the same bag. Then, when the bags end up at other retailers, the marketing mes-sage could be switched.

What Palmer preaches amounts to a new model in industrial design. He advocates the production of products that would last a lifetime, with modifi cations and repairs. How would companies ne-gotiate a new marketplace that promotes products meant to last a lifetime? “Maybe it’s not a matter of General Electric want-ing to sell a lousy washing machine every fi ve years.” Maybe, says Palmer, smaller companies could enter the market “and tell customers they won’t have to replace their machine as long as it’s doing its job because the company will maintain it and make standardized parts easily avail-able. The cost for the throwaway version and the non-throwaway version would be roughly comparable. But keeping the machine out of the waste stream would provide big societal benefi ts.”

It may sound radical, but the challenge of reducing the waste stream requires big thinking, and the answer isn’t recycling, says Palmer. “Recycling makes it OK to produce garbage. It says create as much garbage as you want and no one will ob-ject.” Palmer does.

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help those who are truly in need.” The Town Center and its turkey will be collecting donations through New Year’s. For info, call 924-2961.—JW

Marin progressives send message to ‘super committee’ The “super committee” is getting a super-sized message from Marin—or at least 99 percent of it.

MoveOnMarin—the local branch of the nationwide progressive group MoveOn.org—staged its latest demonstration in downtown San Rafael on Nov. 17—this time with an eye toward the special congressional committee tasked this month with finding $1.2 trillion in budget savings over 10 years.

The protesters joined labor unions and civic groups across the country for what MoveOn is call-ing a “We Are the 99%” day of action.

MoveOn Marin’s message in a nutshell: Start taxing the super wealthy.Elinor Craig, of Kentfield, attended this latest Occupy Wall Street-linked protest, which once again

took place in front of Bank of America on Fourth Street, and says she wants to see the super commit-tee take action on behalf of Main Street.

“I made the calls and asked Congress and the super committee to tax Wall Street on their transac-tions, focus on jobs creation and rebuild an economy that works,” says Craig.

The demonstration was scheduled for a week before the super committee’s Nov. 23 unveiling of its deficit-reduction plan.

MoveOnMarin members say they are dubious about the super committee’s intentions.The group released a statement last week saying, “Instead of focusing on creating jobs and hav-

ing those who have succeeded in our society pay their fair share, all indications are that Congress will once again protect the 1 percent at the expense of the 99 percent.”

MoveOnMarin organizer Pat Johnstone, of San Anselmo, echoes the refrain of the Occupy Wall Street movement when she says, “The 99 percent of Americans who are struggling are the ones that are Too Big To Fail.”

“The committee needs to vote for a plan that makes the economy work for the 99 percent,” says Johnstone. “Jobs, not cuts, investments in our crumbling infrastructure and taxes on the 1 percent who can afford to pay their fair share.”—JW

Congressional candidate to live on food stamps If it’s true the winner of an election is often whoever’s hungriest for victory—then 2nd Congressional District candidate Norman Solo-mon may have an edge.

He’s certainly going to be hungry. The Inverness Democrat, author and activist vowed last week to begin living on $4.50 per day of

food sustenance—as part of the “Food Stamp Challenge” that dares national political and civic lead-ers to subsist on the average dollar amount of benefits for food-stamp recipients.

According to a statement from the Solomon campaign, he’ll spend a total of $31.50 on food from Nov. 14 to 21.

“All too many people in our country go to bed hungry, especially in today’s economy,” Solomon says. “The realities of food deprivation take a grim—and avoidable—human toll in our society.”

Organizations involved in setting up the Food Stamp Challenge include the National Council of Churches, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and Catholic Charities USA; the movement is largely a response to efforts by congressional Republicans to make deep cuts to the federal food-stamp program (known here in the Golden State by the title CalFresh).

Solomon says the idea that the government is spending too much on food stamps is “out of touch with reality.”

“Are we supposed to believe that an allotment of $4.50 per day for food is too generous?” Solo-mon says. “We need to strengthen food assistance for Americans, not undermine it.”

Solomon says he himself used food stamps as a younger adult and, “I’ll never forget how impor-tant they were to me.”—JW

Argo Thompson new development director at 142 Throckmorton The paint had hard-ly dried on Argo Thompson’s departure from the Marin Arts Council before he was hired last week as the new development director at 142 Throckmorton Theatre.

The 44-year-old Santa Rosa resident was let go last month after three years as executive director of the Marin Arts Council when the MAC board decided to eliminate his position for budgetary rea-sons. The move came as a surprise to Thompson who said he was informed of the board’s decision via a phone call and an email.

Lucy Mercer, 142 Throckmorton’s executive director, says Thompson will help implement the theater’s new “strategic plan.”

“The plan is a product of the imagination, insight and collaboration of many extraordinary com-munity members who participated in surveys and strategic planning workshops,” says Mercer.

The strategic plan is a seven-step outline of specific goals to continue to make the long-standing theater viable. Steps in the plan include strengthening existing programs and attracting high-qual-ity entertainment, maintaining adequate financial capital and reserves, expanding charitable fund-ing so that it comprises 50 percent of the annual budget, and further branding the venue as one of the “premier cultural hubs” in the Bay Area. (View the whole plan at www.142throckmortontheatre.com) Prior to the Marin Arts Council gig, Thompson had served as director of the 6th Street Play-house in Santa Rosa and as artistic director at Actors Theatre in Sonoma.—JW


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A fter decades of writing food stories for Thanksgiving, my inspiration was dwindling as fast as the number of

days in the countdown for the feast. I threw my hands up and threw myself on the mercy of friends, asking for suggestions. What would they like to read about or share this week in anticipation of the annual big feed?

I selected three of those responses for this exploration. They refl ect readers’ questions and concerns I’ve received over the years and speak to the meaning of the holiday at the same time. Each section has a recipe that should fi t into almost anyone’s menu next Thursday.

In the BeginningA senior in American Multicultural

Studies at Sonoma State, Marina Nims of Novato (who happens to be my radical daughter), shot back a succinct request: “Alternative celebrations for a holiday that celebrates the colonization and massacre of indigenous people.” I’m not so sure I would go so far as to swear that’s exactly what the holiday celebrates, but her words reminded me that we can certainly honor and remember those who lived here before Europeans arrived on the shores.

It was their foods that saved the settlers who, in a gathering (as it is recorded), shared harvest meals with Native Americans. Turkey was probably not the bird they consumed (any large bird was called “turkey” in their writings); more than likely they ate fi sh and shellfi sh, perhaps venison or other game and the last fresh vegetables such as squash and beans. Dried fruits were part of a hoard for winter. Wild persimmons were especially favored. “If it be not ripe it will drawe a man’s mouth awrie with much torment; but when it is ripe, it is as delicious as an apricock,” wrote Capt. John Smith of Jamestown, likening it to “fi eld apricots,” the fruit of passionfl ower vines. Corn, dried and ground into fl our and meal, was used for breads and porridge;

maple sugar and honey were sweeteners, herbs and seeds their spices. Nuts and wild grains were sources of starch and fl avor.

If you’re inspired by my daughter’s passion, you can celebrate Native American Heritage Day on the day after Thanksgiving. Here’s a modernized version of Algonquin food to enjoy—then or at any time. The hazelnuts cook down to thicken and fl avor the broth. A pureed version is more sophisticated, if that is preferable.

Algonquin Wild Nut Soup (Paganenes)

Serves 4-624 ounces hazelnuts, crushed6 scallions, including green tops, chopped3 tablespoons parsley or oregano (wild oregano was used)6 cups vegetable stock1 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon black pepperPlace all ingredients in a large soup pot

and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 1-1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. If desired, the soup may be pureed before serving. Top with fresh parsley or oregano (creme fraiche is an untraditional but very pleasant addition).

Sides and OptionsLocal theater director Bruce Vieira made a

plea for side dishes, especially meatless ones. I got the picture immediately: the single guy who wants to contribute to a big dinner—who also happens to be vegetarian. By bring-ing something special to the meat-focused holiday, he can feel well fed, too.

I often recommend foods that have rich fl avors: seasonal, hearty and even indulgent, like a vegetable pot pie with a fl aky crust holding an herby, creamy fi lling crowded with small-cut root vegetables, peas, mushrooms and perhaps cubes of sauteed tofu. Shepherd’s pie, the same fi lling baked in a dish topped with a layer of buttery mashed potatoes, is an-

other satisfying choice. Above all, one should avoid trying to make a soy product replica of a turkey—a waste of time and money, utterly fl avorless.

In a family with vegans and vegetarians I’m used to having someone show up with a “righteous” version of stuffi ng with a gravy-like sauce, or a big serving dish fi lled to the brim with sweet, spicy yams. They’re always much appreciated.

The recipe that follows is almost sinfully delicious. I fi rst served it at a three-family Thanksgiving dinner in 1984 and have loved it ever since. It’s from Gourmet magazine. (Note: The mixture may be made ahead and baked just before serving, a real plus.)

Gratin of Four Onions

Serves 81/2 pound shallots, chopped1 large yellow onion, halved lengthwise andsliced thin2 bunches of leeks, dark green tops discarded,halved lengthwise, washed well, and chopped2 garlic cloves, minced3 tablespoons unsalted butterOne 1-pound bag frozen small white onions2 cups heavy cream1/4 cup minced fresh parsley leaves1 tablespoon fi ne dry bread crumbsIn a large skillet, cook the shallots, the yel-

low onion, the leeks and the garlic in the but-ter over moderately low heat, stirring, until the onions are softened. Add the small white onions and cook the mixture, stirring, until the small white onions are just tender. Stir in the cream, bring the liquid to a boil and sim-mer the mixture until the cream is thickened. Season the mixture with salt and pepper and stir in the parsley. The onions may be prepared up to this point several hours in advance and kept covered loosely.

Spoon the onion mixture into a but-tered 1-1/2- to 2-quart baking dish, sprinkle the crumbs lightly over the top and bake the mixture in a preheated 475

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The McGregors do all the preparation, these days with help from their 7-year-old son, Beckett. Their spread includes huge turkeys, a ham, all the trimmings, dozens of biscuits, six pies and pitchers of the hostess’s favorite lemon drop martinis, in addition to wines. Two big crowd-pleasing dishes are yam gratin with a pecan streusel topping and stuffing balls, a recipe from Chris’s late mother. Veronica says, “Instead of putting it inside a turkey or a baking dish, you make hand-pressed mounds of the stuffing and bake them. That way every ‘ball’ contains the crusty outside and the fluffy, moist inside.”

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pan until onions are softened; add celery and cook until liquid reduces and veggies are soft-ened but not mushy. Add all dry ingredients and pan contents to a big bowl. Mix well with clean hands.

Add stock gradually just until the mixture holds together when pressed into mounds. Form into mounds about 3 inches in diam-eter and rounded on top. Line mounds up on buttered baking sheets and bake at 375 for about 20 minutes.

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C hristmas in Eng-land is as steeped in traditions as a

kettle of English Breakfast tea. From the turkey dinner with all the trimmings on the groan-ing board to a postprandial pint in the village pub, the British have always known how to cel-ebrate the Christmas season in style. Starting with festivities on Christmas Eve and ending with the custom of giving to those less fortu-nate on Boxing Day, the magic of the season is about bringing together family and friends to celebrate traditions that have been around for centuries.

The Church of England, established by King Henry VIII in the 16th century, is the place where many British people begin the merriment. Even for those who are not reli-gious, the church is a place for the community to come together to feel the spirit of Christ-mas on the evening before, with a candlelight service. In some parishes, children carry Christingle, an orange with a candle stuck in the middle, red ribbon around the circumfer-ence and candies stuck on toothpicks coming

out the sides. All the parts are symbolic of Jesus and his infl uence

on the world. With the church bathed in candlelight, attendees sing carols and watch children create a manger.

After church, families go home and hang stockings for the children. It is thought that Father Christmas dropped gold coins while coming down the chimney, which were caught in the stockings hung to dry by the fi re. Since 1870, children have hung socks or bags at the ends of their beds or along the mantel, in hopes that Father Christmas will fi ll them with presents.

On Christmas morning, a big breakfast of ham, eggs, sausage and toast is consumed while the kids open their stockings. A turkey dinner is served in the early afternoon accom-panied by a host of side dishes and sauces. Dessert is Christmas pudding, a bit like fruitcake but steamed instead. It is soaked in brandy and lit on fi re for a dramatic presen-tation, then served with custard sauce and brandy butter. Christmas crackers, colorful

cardboard tubes fi lled with a paper crown, gift and a joke, are set at each person’s place. With arms crossed, guests hold the end of their cracker in their right hand and the end of their neighbor’s in their left, pulling with the left hand until it “pops”—a loud noise caused by a small chemical strip—and the con-tents come spilling out. Everyone puts on his or her crown for the meal and digs in. The meal is fi nished in time to watch Queen Elizabeth give her traditional Christmas message to the nation. A brisk walk to get the blood fl owing is often followed by games by the fi re. At tea time, leftovers are brought out as well as cheeses, mince tarts and Christmas cake.

Boxing Day, Dec. 26, is a national holiday based on the custom of giving gifts,

food and money to the poor. Longer walks to counteract

all the heavy eating and a light lunch are the

custom. Being married

to a British expat, our family follows some of the cus-toms of an English Christmas here in California, but to

get the full story on what goes on across

the pond, I called my sister-in-law Fiona, who

runs a farm and B&B, Neth-ergill Farm, in Yorkshire with my brother-in-law Chris.

At their table, no less than 10 dishes accompany the turkey: two types of stuffi ng—one with locally made sausage and the

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other with vegetables—brussels sprouts, broccoli, carrots, parsnips, roasted pota-toes, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, turkey gravy and bread sauce, a concoction of onion-infused milk and breadcrumbs. Besides the steamed pudding, Fiona serves profiteroles, mince tarts and Christmas cake for dessert.

Since their farm is located on the “Dales Way,” a popular route for hikers, long strolls with the family are a must. Local ingredients are highlighted in all the meals around the holiday, from their own fresh eggs for breakfast to smoked trout from a neighboring pond. Even the ham and turkey are from farms less than an hour away while cheeses are from Wensleydale Creamery, just down the road.

This year, for the first time, we’ll be flying to Yorkshire to share Christmas at Nethergill. I can’t wait to eat some of Fio-na’s crispy, roasted parsnips and tuck into a slice of bacon-wrapped turkey. Sharing the magic of the season with family across the pond will be the best way to celebrate the traditions of an English Christmas.

Crispy Roasted Parsnips

Yields 6-8 servingsFiona uses the fat from the turkey to make

these, but olive oil is a good substitute.3 pounds large parsnips—about 5 or 6, peeled.1/2 cup olive oil or rendered turkey fat from roastingSalt Heat oven to 450 degrees. Cut pars-

nips into thick sticks about the width of 2 fingers. Pour oil or fat into a rimmed sheet tray large enough to hold the parsnips in a single layer. Heat oil in preheated oven until just beginning to smoke, about 5 minutes. Remove tray from oven and carefully lay parsnips in oil. Return to oven and roast for 10 minutes; turn each parsnip piece and roast another 10 minutes. Turn all pieces again for even browning. Return to oven for another 5 to 10 minutes until all sides of pieces are browned and crispy and interior of parsnips is soft. Pull tray out of oven and drain parsnips on paper towels. Sprinkle co-piously with salt. Serve while still warm. For info on Nethergill Farm B&B go to http://www.nethergill.co.uk/.

Ridiculous paper hats, bottomless pints of a lager and passing out in front of the ‘telly’ are another English Christmas tradition—as shown here in the beloved Brit-com ‘The Royle Family.’

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It’s easy to see simi-larities between two of Marin’s well-loved bakeries. Both swear

by their devotion to organics, both produce high-quality breads and pastries, both attract followings of customers who flock in when-ever their doors open. On the other hand, they could hardly be more different.

Rustic Bakery, 6 years old, has grown rap-idly and turned into a small empire, gaining an international reputation in the process. Carol LeValley and her husband, Josh Har-ris, Novato residents, had reached burnout in their fashion/apparel careers when she decided to take her love of baking to a profes-sional level. A bright beginning was simple flatbread-type crackers created for Cowgirl Creamery to be used with its cheeses. As time passed and demand grew for both cheeses and crackers, it was obvious that a dedicated bakery was needed, and when a Larkspur wine bar property, a former bakery space, became available, Rustic moved in. Packaged, shelf-stable goods were still the emphasis, but

having more ovens made it possible to develop

breads, which in turn led to pastries and sweets. Gradually salads and soups and simple entrees were added to the menu, with takeout as well as on-site meals available.

Simultaneously, the business moved for-ward into wholesale marketing with sales to exclusive clients, a step that led to connections with big names like Google (trail mix and cookies for their Silicon Valley campus dining areas), Dean & DeLuca’s gourmet catalog and Virgin Air, which offers Rustic granola in par-faits and panforte crostini with cheese. This Christmas, Oprah’s gift basket of favorites will contain some Rustic items.

Last year a second Rustic Bakery opened in Novato and it instantly became a north county magnet. A large window allows passersby to watch bakers at work, and while the dining space is larger than the Magnolia Avenue digs, its needs have outgrown its size, so expansion is under way into a next door space that just became vacant.

Meanwhile, con-struction is almost complete at a s i te in Larkspur’s Marin Country Mart where a third bakery cafe is expected to open by Christmas. This will be a relaxed setting in a place tailor-made for outdoor tables. Right across from the Lark-spur Ferry Terminal, it could prove be a handy destination for commuters and day-trippers.

LeValley and Harris recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a long-postponed holiday. Visiting countless bakeries and cafes in Paris and Venice, they were inspired to bring a European atmosphere to their newest venture, with plans for a wine bar with small servings of complementary foods.

They are longtime supporters of Marin Agricultural Land Trust and the county’s farmers and producers as well as Indian Valley Organic Farm & Garden, the teach-ing lab/working farm that belongs to College of Marin. Their organic catering business is thriving in locations like the food concessions at Muir Woods National Park and the Discov-ery Museum in Sausalito.

Rustic’s track record is enviable, but it

wouldn’t be possible if the quality of the products was less than outstanding. Lunch menus bring signature sandwiches, soups that have become local classics and sea-sonal salads. Baguettes are crisp-crusted, croissants are tender; desserts range from densely chocolate caramel-topped

brownies to cheesecakes and seasonal beauties like a large star-shaped cookie hand-deco-rated for the holidays... and those original crackers and flatbreads are still best-sellers across the country.

The very opposite of Rustic’s high-arcing plans and extensive physical presences, a year-old bakery in San Rafael is tiny, quirky and fascinating. Ponsford’s Place, housed in a nar-row building that was once a barber shop in a neighborhood of bungalows and two-story homes, is the headquarters for Craig Pons-ford’s “Bakery & Innovation Center.” It’s not easy to pin him down long enough to find out exactly what his business is all about.

A large part is the retail shop itself, with a customer-serving space that would fit inside an average living room: stools and a tiny counter near a window, a sunny window seat

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and bookcases, a small table with fixings for tea and coffee served in mixed pattern mugs, and an old-fashioned glass showcase filled with baked goods. It’s immediately apparent that people who live nearby consider it their own very personal territory, their source for breads and sweets. Parents come in with their children (one of whom painted a bright yel-low lemon on a panel hanging on the wall), retirees drop in for coffee. A neighbor unhap-py with the old fluorescent lighting donated overhead fixtures and another surprised the owner with a handmade wooden sign that he had kept for years because it’s carved with their shared name: Ponsford.

But there’s something else going on in the place. It’s the owner’s lab for his passionate involvement with whole-grain baking and his

research that reaches far beyond Marin.He wasn’t always so dedicated to these

natural ingredients. He was, in fact, a baker whose breads using white flour were world-class and whose Artisan Bakers in Sonoma was famous for the quality of its goods. He has been chairman of the board of the Bread Bakers Guild of America and a coach of its Team USA at Coupe du Monde de la Bou-langerie (World Cup of Baking) in France; his team won first place in the 1999 international contest. Ineligible to enter again after his vic-tory, he spends time training team members, acting as judge and otherwise keeping his connections to the prestigious competition.

A sale and shakeup in the Sonoma com-pany gave him a chance to stand back and evaluate his career. An old acquaintance, Joe

Vanderliet of Certified Foods, Inc. in Wood-land, hired him on to begin experimenting in product development using the company’s stone-milled whole grain products. This opened up a whole new universe, lead-ing Ponsford into creating high-quality bakery prod-ucts that provide nutrition without sacrificing flavors and textures.

Today he’s happily in-volved with other people in the food world who are working to promote the use of wheat grown with protected seeds to be milled without contamination from other wheat. Joining Bob Klein of Oliveto in Berke-ley, he was adviser and instructor for the for-mation of the Oliveto Grain Project, created to raise the consciousness of chefs and restau-rateurs about the advantages of whole-grain products. He teaches at Culinary Institute of America and in private classes; he writes, and has made videos for home bakers. Beyond those tasks he is a consultant for optimizing bakery production lines.

Ponsford’s current projects include product development for Community Grains, whose whole-grain dried pasta he sells, and Whole Vine from SonomaCeuticals, a new company that takes grape byproducts from Kendall Jackson Family Wines and re-purposes them

in oils and gluten-free flours. Some of his cookies last week were made from cabernet-

based flour—dusky, with a haunting residual flavor of the wine grape, healthful with amino acids, fiber and antioxidants from the seeds.

Those cookies and other plump ones lined up with pain au chocolat, diamond-shaped tarts with cherry compote and berries, and autumnal turnovers hold-ing pumpkin-apple butter,

walnuts and currants infused with vanilla and rosewater. Sweetness came from fruits and fillings themselves; only morning buns showed sugary surfaces. Among the savory pastries were quiches and turnovers filled with chevre, plump heirloom beans and fresh mustard greens. Challah was the spe-cial bread, with a pumpkin-bread/pump-kin-seed loaf and walnut bread. Darker flours were made into rye and pumper-nickel loaves, heavy and dense, guaranteed to last for days (perfect for pairing with cheese, or eating with hearty soups).

Ponsford’s balancing acts means that the bakery is open only when he can be there: Thursday, Friday and Saturday; hours can change. (Details of time and menus are on Facebook.) No credit cards accepted. Contact Pat at [email protected].

Good Food Award finalists!For the second year, a national competition

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Cheese – Bellwether Farms, Sonoma (Carmody and Whole Milk Ricotta); Achadinha Cheese Company, Petaluma (Capricious).

Beer – Lagunitas Brewing Company, Peta-luma (A Little Sumpin Sumpin Ale).

Spirits – Square One Organic Spirits, Novato (Basil Vodka and Organic Vodka); 1512 Spirits, Rohnert Park (Barbershop Rye). —Pat Fusco

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THANKING THE COMMUNITY In the seasonal spirit of sharing, three restau-rants in Marin continue a tradition of free meals at Thanksgiving time for all comers, no questions asked. Wednesday night is the time set by Lotus Cuisine (704 Fourth Street, San Rafael), when an Indian buffet dinner will be served beginning at 5pm. Also on Wednesday night, Avatar’s in Sausalito (2656 Bridgeway) will serve its adventurous specialties, 3-10pm. On Thanksgiving Day, San Rafael’s Cafe Gratitude (2200 Fourth Street) produces its Thanksgiving Appreciation Meal—strictly vegan—starting at noon.

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MORE TO BE THANKFUL FOR With perhaps the largest local selection of organic/vegetarian/vegan prepared foods, Good Earth Natural Foods in Fairfax is the place to find diet-specific festive dishes. Orders will be accepted through Nov. 21 for these products (range-grown turkeys, almond-lentil loaves, vegan pumpkin pie, with side dishes and breads). Investigate possibilities and find online order forms at www.goodearthnaturalfoods.net; 1966 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, 415/454-0123.

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the crispy-skinned, meltingly tender chicken with glazed carrots and pureed potatoes, say, or the house-smoked pork ribs with coleslaw and corn on the cob. Polish things off with a slice of rich yet bracing Key lime pie and you’ll be happy, satisfied and securely in the comfort zone till the inevitable return visit.

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toast and golden hash browns sounds. And it doesn’t get any more fluffy, buttery or golden than at the Golden Egg Omelet House in Novato.

The GEOH—or “the Omelet House” to Novatoans—underwent something of an identity crisis a couple of years ago when it changed its name to Old Town Bistro (seemingly an attempt to de-emphasize its reputation for breakfasts), a move that left a bad taste in the mouth of many of the town’s Omelet House regulars. But after Old Town Bistro failed to sizzle, the Omelet House is back and as golden as ever. The 100-plus-omelet menu remains a mesmerizing read and the lineup of “exotic avocado” sandwiches is perhaps the healthiest guilty pleasure in the county.

Of course, the house is know for its cen-tum of omelets (No. 99 is the pineapple, raisin, cinnamon and honey!), but we’ve satiated our lunchtime appetites many a time on the patty melt—a half-pound steal

at $9.45, fries included; and the turkey and cranberry sauce on whole wheat is a must for those who can’t wait for leftovers next weekend.—Jason Walsh

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many of us have switched into comfort-food mode. Since our waistlines are bound to be expanding anyway, why not ring in the colder weather with a bacon and ched-dar omelet, or a hearty stack o’ pancakes, and flaky biscuits slathered with house-made strawberry jam at the Dipsea Cafe in Mill Valley?

Mostly known for their superb break-fasts and lunches, the owners have now expanded their hours to include dinner five nights a week (their favorites includes moussaka, spanakopita and souvlaki).

Stenciled walls, which invoke a vague French country look, combined with farmhouse blue chairs and yellow Formica booths make for a homey, family-friendly space. An outside patio overlooks the marshlands on Richardson Bay and a fireplace warms the large space (seating for 160). One thing is certain, after eating here, a run or walk on the restaurant’s namesake trail is not a bad idea.

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And now, with expanded distribution inside the Pacific Sun, Whistlestop Express will reach approximately 80,000 readers–both the older-adult Pacific Sun reader (45%) and their adult children who also read the Pacific Sun(55%) as indicated in a recent Pacific Sun Readership survey.

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N inety may be the new 80 in some places, but in Marin County, many nonagenarians work and act as if they were in their 50s. In this issue of Whistlestop Express, we honor a number of those 90-some-things. Ed Hageman, 95, of San Rafael continues to work as an architect Tuesday through Friday. His wife of 70 years, Bette, is 90, and they have two children, Richard Hageman, a banker, and Susan Jean Nelson, a retired teacher. He designed the remodeling and additions to the present Whistlestop building, which

he remembers as being “a little railroad building” back in the day. His work there included adding a kitchen plus the upper fl oors. The clock tower, a down-town San Rafael landmark, was his design idea. His other major projects in

Marin include the Boy Scout Building on Greenfi eld Avenue and the Corte Madera Recre-ation Center. A huge project in earlier days was the re-design of the Westlake Homes in Daly City. Ed’s old boss, developer Henry Doelger, for whom he once worked, fi rst developed Westlake in the 1950s. It was

one of the earliest examples of a large-tract suburb and was featured in Life magazine. Later Doegler came to Hage-man to do the re-design. The project received heavy media at-tention and Ed was dubbed “The Wizard of Westlake.” Hageman calls himself a “meat

and potatoes” designer, and he once told a San Francisco Chron-icle interviewer that, “I designed homes for people who thought they never could afford me.” He said that business has been slow during the current sluggish economy, but he just fi nished a project of four homes for a con-tractor in Novato. He also recent-ly completed work on a $3 million home in San Anselmo that Ed

85-Year-Old Wins Best in Show in Whistlestop Photo Contest

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A majestic cheetah, ap-pealing snow monkeys, a shadowy fi gure at a train station, and an array of Marin County vistas are among winners in the third annual Whistlestop Photo Contest. Best in Show went to the

cheetah photographed by George Cunha of San Rafael at

a South African Res-cue Institute. George told Whistlestop, “Cheetahs are an endan-gered species because the grasslands, which is their natural habitat, are disap-pearing, and they have to make a living in areas where they must com-continued on page 6

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If the newly revived Bammies gave an award to local musicians who have be-come living institutions—in this case,

nurturing the Marin music scene—then Jimmy Dillon and Lorin Rowan could be shoo-ins for an accolade or two.

Together, as members of the Edge, these two singers, songwriters and guitarists helped electrify the local club scene in the ’80s. Certainly, without their fans, Marin hair salons would have sold far less volumizer. And the nonstop party at Uncle Charlie’s

and New George’s would have been a lot fl atter as well.

Of late, Dillon has been work-ing as a music educator and he’s the driving force for the ambi-tious annual theatrical produc-tion Ascension of the Blues, which showcases that American music within a historical context.

Lorin, along with his broth-ers Chris and Peter, is a member of the Rowan family music dynasty. The talented siblings all have had solo careers while performing together in various bands over the years, including a current occasional iteration as a harmony-heavy Beatles cover band called the Rubber Souldiers. In the mid-’70s, Lorin and Chris (then known as the bluegrass-infl ected Rowan Broth-ers) were signed by media mogul David Geffen and released three albums on his Asylum label. Thanks to their otherworld-ly vocal harmonies, the duo was hailed as “modern-day Everly Brothers with a dash

of bluegrass.”These days, Dillon and Lorin Rowan

can be found heading up the visually striking San Francisco Music Club, a group that blends world music, theater and dance. The group draws from other

musicians and singers from the Ascension of the Blues lineup, including special guest Sakai (vocals) and Ozzie Ahlers (key-boards), Mike Rinta (trombone), Michael Peloquin (sax/harmonica), Eric McCann (bass) and Matt Willis (drums and percus-sion), as well as the Wild Tribe dancers.

The San Francisco Music Club hits the stage Saturday, Nov. 19, at 8pm, at the 142 Throckmorton Theatre in downtown Mill Valley. The event celebrates the upcoming release of the Love and Freedom CD.

Tickets are $25-$35. Call 415/383-9600 for details.

Adventures in Clubland: Blues gui-tar tour de force Ron Thompson and the Resistors play a double bill with the outrageously funky old-time blues outfi t Lipbone Redding Nov. 18 at Rancho Ni-casio... Austin transplant and blues guitar heavyweight Danny Click hosts Texas Blues Night on Nov. 18 at The Sleeping Lady in Fairfax... Foreverland, a collective of musicians and singers, brings its tribute to Michael Jackson to George’s nightclub in San Rafael Nov. 18. The following week, the Miles Schon Band (with Lara John-ston and Will Champlin) performs at George’s... Rapper Tay Capone (aka Killer Tay), known for his collaborations with C-BO, heads up a CD release party Nov. 19 at 19 Broadway in Fairfax... Look for Trigger Hippy, featuring Joan Osborne and Jackie Greene, Nov. 28 at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma. Ascend with Greg at [email protected].

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Rowan and Dillon, above left, embodied the look of Marin’s ‘80s music scene as members of the Edge.


T here are certain toys, little plastic cars, built so that if you roll them backwards a few inches and then let

them go, they will shoot across the fl oor like a rocket. In conversation, actor Elliott Gould is a little like one of those toys. Charmingly eccentric and surprisingly candid, it takes very little to get Gould’s thoughts and memories going. Once in motion, his measured temperament and unfl agging memory for names and details just keep going and going—even if his conversational trajectory isn’t always a straight line.

Seated inside the momentarily empty Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, I’ve just asked Gould a question about his

view of the classic 1970 comedy-drama M*A*S*H, in which he originated the character of army surgeon Trapper John McIntyre. It’s early afternoon, several days before Gould’s Nov. 20 appearance here in conversation with author/congressional candidate Norman Solomon, for a screen-ing and 40th anniversary celebration of M*A*S*H’s release. That fi lm, set in Korea in the 1950s, was an early milestone for both Gould and director Robert Altman. A few minutes earlier, the 73-year-old actor remarked that he hadn’t fully understood M*A*S*H when the late Altman—famous for his unconventional editing and impro-visational directing style—originally com-pleted it, but that he’s come to appreciate the landmark fi lm more and more over the years. He’s especially looking forward to sharing the fi lm with his grandson, who’s not yet seen it.

Asked to elaborate, Gould is off and running.

“Oh, I didn’t understand it at fi rst, not at fi rst,” he confi rms. “I had a good time working with Donald Sutherland, and I took a great deal of the space—actually, I took all of the space—that Bob Altman was offering me. I’d had no experience at being that free, on a set, but Altman gave it to me. Of course, later on, he let it be published that I was his enemy on the picture, his adversary. That was in a cinema magazine, because he must have thought I wanted to change things. He also had said to me, during the fi lming of the movie, ‘Why can’t you be like him?’ and he pointed to Corey Fischer, one of the actors in the picture, a member of The Commit-tee, an improvisational troupe of actors.

“That was the worst thing he could have said to me,” Gould continues, his voice dropping to a low rumble. “I was very insecure. I started to shake, with my lunch on the tray. I ended up throwing my lunch up into the air. I was rather profane, and colloquial. I said, ‘I started in the theater! I was a tap-dancer! I understand repetition, and I understand positioning. You tell me what you want and that’s what you’ll get, motherf---er.’

“And he said, ‘I think I made a mistake.’ I said, ‘I think so,’ he said, ‘I apologize,’ and I said, ‘I accept.’”

Gould, of course, went on to make sev-eral more pictures with Altman, including The Long Goodbye, which the two had for years hoped to eventually make a sequel to.

So clearly, he and Altman fi gured out how to work together.

“Oh, I love the guy,” Gould says. “But on that fi rst fi lm, I’d simply had no experi-ence working the way Bob worked. And it was only my fourth picture.”

Previous to M*A*S*H, Gould had appeared with Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland in William Dieterle’s 1964 The Confession, William Friedkin’s bawdy 1968 stripper comedy The Night They Raided Minsky’s, and the 1969 wife-swapping satire Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. It was on that last fi lm, Gould observes, that his interest in the psychology of moviemaking began to emerge.

“On that fi lm,” he says, “I discovered my very fi rst objective relationship in exis-tence, which was with the camera. On that fi lm, I realized that the camera does not manipulate me, it doesn’t promote me—it just reports what I do. I could never be ob-jective with my mother. Never. I couldn’t be objective with my father, or even with

myself. But the camera, it became my fi rst real friend, because, I realized, the camera would never lie to me. A camera never lies. It just shows, honestly, whatever it is I do. And honesty, to me, is everything, honesty is freedom.”

The subject of hon-esty reminds Gould of a poster he has hang-ing on his wall, a gift from a group of high school students. The poster, featuring a photo of Albert Einstein and a lengthy quote, was hanging on the wall of the classroom where Gould was appearing to talk with the students about life and art, and he was so taken with it, they pulled it down and offered it to him.

“I had it mounted, and it lives with me now,” Gould smiles. “It says, ‘Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings, admiring, asking, and observing, there we enter the realm of art and science.’

“I graduated high school, but I didn’t go to college, you know,” he mentions, after a pause. “We didn’t have the money for it. I sometimes think I’d like to go back to school, and I think I would want to study psychology.”

“Would learning about psychology make you a better actor?” I ask. “And would your experiences as an actor give you a stronger understanding of human psychology?”

“Well, I think so,” he replies. “It’s inter-esting. I have fi nally been able to get under the root of my insecurity. I’ve been able to start accepting my limitations. And I do know my limitations. But when I was starting out, I was so insecure. So it’s been a wonderful acquisition to be able,

finally, to accept the unacceptable, to be able to embrace it. Not to judge it.”

Asked how an artist can turn that knowledge, the aware-ness of his or her limi-tations, into art, Gould leans back in his chair and sighs.

“I’ve seen a trans-parent paperweight,” he eventually answers. “With a little axiom in it, a quotation. And it said, ‘The greatest artist in the world is an uninhibited child.’ I subscribe to that. When I mentioned that to a friend, Herb Gardner, who wrote A Thousand Clowns, he said to me, ‘Well, yes. The greatest artist in the world is an uninhibited child—and Picasso.’ And I said, ‘Well, I love Picasso, too,

but I didn’t know you were a materialist. You keep Picasso, and I’ll keep the child—because as far as I’m concerned, without the spirit of the child, the whole thing is meaningless. That’s how I’ve come to feel

about life and art.”“And can we learn from

art, from movies?” I ask. “Can watching a fi lm like M*A*S*H teach us anything about how to be better people?”

“Now that’s a ques-tion,” Gould says. “Can we learn from movies? Can we learn... from mov-ies? Here’s what I think. I think that stories, made up

of pictures, projected through a beam of light onto a screen, can lead some people to enter that story, to identify, to relate and possibly to learn. So yes, it’s possible.

“But... it’s not automatic,” Gould smiles. “I think you have to really want that.” Email David at [email protected].

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Prize-winning 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Countless young people be-came lawyers after reading it, some becoming inspired by Gregory Peck’s performance as Finch—who defends a black man accused of rape in the deep South—in the now-classic movie. And today, the story still holds up—even in its theatrical incarnation (adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel). In the Ross Valley Players’ production, James Dunn directs a cast of actors who, whether playing large or small parts, show us how this hardscrabble Depression-era commu-nity became both better and worse for going through the trial.

The play begins as a now grown-up Scout (Mary Ann Rodgers) looks back to the summer

of 1935, when her younger self (Brigid O’Brien and Katrina Horsey alternate in this role), her

older brother, Jem (Gerrit de-Blaauw), and their friend Dill (Layne Ulrich) began the summer trying to lure scary and reclusive neighbor Boo Radley (Jeffrey Taylor) out of his house. By the end of summer they are watch-ing their father Atticus (Steve Price) defend a young black man (Wendell H. Wilson) who has been accused of raping a white woman (Me-lissa W. Bailey). Even though it is clear that the rape and

beating was committed by her white-trash fa-ther, Ewing (Frederic Lein), Atticus knows he can’t win the case, saying the judgment was laid down over a hundred years ago. The first act is deceptively idyllic as the children enjoy long summer days in Alabama during the Great Depression. Everyone is struggling; even Atticus’s legal fees are paid with bags of hicko-

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Steve Price, in the roll of Atticus Finch—a character that was named by AFI as the greatest hero in American film, beating out James Bond and Indiana Jones.

ry nuts, eggs and produce. But sharing poverty doesn’t always bring a community together as the sympathetic Sheriff Cunningham (Tom Hudgens) finds. Only he and Atticus make a stand when the townspeople decide to “lynch the n-” (the n-word is used a lot in the play, as it was in the 1935 South back then). No one knows how to tell a story quite like Dunn, and few can match him in direct-ing talented actors who can play small parts with big con-viction. The proof of this is to be found in this large cast, which includes Anne Ripley, Ray Martin, Wood Lockhart, Newton Harband, Mark Toepfer and Sumi Narendran.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic treat for Marin audiences.

A Man, his Wife, and his Hat has char-acters that could have been written by Isaac Bashevis Singer, yet it turns out to be a simple love story. But with characters like a Golem (Jonathan Deline), several jars of memories and a Talking Wall (Nakissa Etemad), it takes some time to see this simple truth. The mes-sage, however, in Lauren Yee’s comic drama is

that love keeps you from floating away—even from those you love.This is exactly what hap-pens to Hetchman (Jeff Garrett), who loses his hat, and then his wife (Patricia Silver), who leaves home because she has lost her

name—everyone refers to her as “Hetchman’s Wife.” A young engaged couple (Jeanette Harrison and Hugo E. Carbajal) has other problems—she doesn’t know how to love and he has to carry around huge bottles of water as ballast, so he won’t float away.

Directed by Robin Stanton, who com-

bines strong sight gags, lots of comic physi-cal actions (Ed Holmes, as the Hetchman’s neighbor, and Garrett and Deline are superb performers with backgrounds in physical comedy) and poignant dramatic moments. As the runaway wife, Silver is delightful and sympathetic, while Harrison and Carbajal make audiences root for their unhappy lovers. Etemad’s Wall and Daniel Savio’s original music add to the feeling that anything can happen.What does happen is love, which gives it a fairy-tale ending. And it isn’t even a Grimm one. Act out for Lee at [email protected].

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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

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confi rm schedules.

50/50 (R) Century Regency 6: Fri-Tue 11:30, 5:15

A Century Ago: Films of 1911 (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Mon 7

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (R) Century Northgate 15: Fri-Tue 12:15; 3D showtimes at 5:20, 10:10

Anonymous (PG-13) Century Regency 6: Fri-Tue 2, 7:50

Arthur Christmas (PG) Lark Theater: Wed 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45 Thu 5:30, 7:45

Bolshoi Ballet Presents Sleeping Beauty (Not Rated) CinéArts at Marin: Sun 1:30 Tue 6:30 CinéArts at Sequoia: Sun 1:30 Tue 6:30

Dolphin Tale (PG) Century Northgate 15: Fri-Tue shown on a double bill with The Lion King; 10:45, 1, 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 9:55

Funnyman (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Sun 7 (director John Korty in person)

Happy Feet Two (PG) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 10; 3D showtime at 7:30 Sat-Sun 11:45, 5, 10; 3D showtimes at 2:15, 7:30 Mon-Tue 9:25; 3D showtime at 7 Century Northgate 15: 11, 1:25, 3:50, 6:15, 8:35; 3D showtimes at 12, 2:25, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 Century Rowland Plaza: Fri-Mon 10:05, 3:05; 3D show-times at 12:35, 5:30, 8, 10:30 CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 11:10, 4:10, 9:25; 3D showtimes at 1:30, 7 Sun 11:10, 4:10; 3D showtimes at 1:30, 7 Mon-Tue 4:10; 3D showtime at 7 Wed-Thu 4:10, 9:25; 3D showtimes at 1:30, 7 Fairfax 5 Theatres: Fri, Sat, Tue 4, 8:45; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 7:10 Sun, Mon 4; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 7:10 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri, Tue 4, 6:45, 9:15 Sat 1:40, 4, 6:45, 9:15 Sun 1:40, 4, 6:45 Mon 4, 6:45

The Ides of March (R) Century Regency 6: Fri, Sun-Tue 2:20, 7:30 Sat 7:30 Lark Theater: Fri-Sun 6 Mon-Tue 4:15

Immortals (R) Century Northgate 15: Fri-Tue 11:10, 4:15, 9:20; 3D showtimes at 12:20, 1:45, 3, 5:30, 6:50, 8, 10:30 Century Rowland Plaza: Fri-Mon 11:20, 2:05; 3D showtimes at 4:55, 7:40, 10:20 CinéArts at Marin: Fri

11:30, 2:10; 3D showtimes at 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Sat 3D show-times at 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Sun 3D showtimes at 4:50, 7:30 Mon 4:50; 3D showtime at 7:30 Wed 2:10; 3D showtimes at 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Thu 2:10; 3D showtimes at 4:50, 7:30 Fairfax 5 Theatres: Fri, Sat, Tue 1, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Sun, Mon 1, 3:50, 6:50 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri, Tue 4:15, 7, 9:40 Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40 Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7 Mon 4:15, 7

In Time (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: Fri-Tue 2:50, 7:35

Into the Abyss (PG-13) Century Regency 6: Fri-Tue 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55

J. Edgar (R) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:10, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:50, 4, 7:10, 10:15 Mon-Tue 6:30, 9:35 Century Regency 6: Fri-Tue 11, 12:40, 2:10, 3:50, 5:20, 7, 8:30, 10:10 Century Rowland Plaza: Fri-Mon 10:10, 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 Fairfax 5 Theatres: Fri, Sat, Tue 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35 Sun, Mon 12:30, 3:40, 6:40

Jack and Jill (PG) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:25, 8, 10:25 Sat-Sun 12, 2:30, 5:25, 8, 10:25 Mon-Tue 6:45, 9:15 Cen-tury Northgate 15: Fri-Tue 11:15, 12:30, 1:40, 2:45, 4, 5:10, 6:30, 7:25, 8:45, 9:45 Century Rowland Plaza: Fri-Mon 10:30, 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15

Le Havre (Not Rated) Rafael Film Cen-ter: Fri 4:45, 6:45, 8:45 Sat 2:30, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45 Sun 2:30, 6:45 Mon 6:45 Tue-Thu 6:45, 8:45

Like Crazy (PG-13) CinéArts at Sequoia: Fri 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Mon-Thu 5:15, 7:30

The Lion King (G) Century Northgate 15: Fri-Tue shown on a double bill with Dolphin Tale; 10:45, 1, 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 9:55

M*A*S*H (R) Rafael Film Center: Sun 2 (star Elliott Gould and antiwar author-activist Nor-man Solomon in person)

Margin Call (R) 1/2 Rafael Film Center: Fri 4:30, 7, 9:30 Sat 2:15, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Sun 4:30, 9 Mon 9 Tue-Thu 7, 9:30

Martha Marcy May Marlene (R) 1/2 Century Regency 6: Fri,

Sun-Tue 11:45, 5, 10:05 Sat 5, 10:05

Melancholia (R) 1/2 Rafael Film Center: Fri 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Sat-Sun 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Thu 6:30, 9:15

The Metropolitan Opera: Satya-graha (Not Rated) Century Regency 6: Sat 9:55am CinéArts at Marin: Sat 9:55am CinéArts at Sequoia: Sat 9:55am Lark Theater: Sat-Sun 10am

Moneyball (PG-13) 1/2 Lark Theater: Fri 8:15 Sat 3:15, 8:15 Sun 3:15 Mon-Tue 6:30

Puss in Boots (PG) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 10:10; 3D showtime at 7:45 Sat-Sun 12:15, 5:15, 10:10; 3D show-times at 2:40, 7:45 Mon-Tue 9:45; 3D showtime at 7:15 Cen-tury Northgate 15: Fri-Tue 12:25, 4:50, 9:15; 3D showtimes at 11:20, 1:30, 2:35, 3:45, 5:55, 7, 8:10, 10:20 Century Rowland Plaza: Fri-Mon 10:15, 2:50; 3D showtimes at 12:35, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Fairfax 5 Theatres: Fri, Sat, Tue 1:30, 6:30; 3D showtimes at 4:25, 9:30 Sun, Mon 1:30, 6:30; 3D showtime at 4:25 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri, Tue 4:30, 7:15, 9:30 Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 9:30 Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:15 Mon 4:30, 7:15

Tower Heist (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: Fri-Tue 11:55, 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 10 Century Rowland Plaza: Fri-Mon 9:55, 12:30, 3, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) Century Cinema: 10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10 Century Northgate 15: Fri-Tue 10:50, 11:30, 12:10, 12:50, 1:35, 2:15, 2:55, 3:35, 4:20, 5, 5:40, 6:25, 7:05, 7:45, 8:25, 9:05, 9:50, 10:30 Century Rowland Plaza: Fri-Mon 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30, 4, 5:25, 7, 8:30, 10 CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sun 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20 Mon-Tue 4:30, 7:20 Wed 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:20 Fairfax 5 Theatres: Fri, Sat, Tue 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:45 Sun, Mon 1:20, 4:10, 7

The Way (PG-13) Century Regency 6: Fri-Tue 11:35, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20

A Century Ago: The Films of 1911 (2:00) This banquet of inventive vintage shorts offers early star turns from Mary Pickford, John Bunny and Flora Finch as well as “Broncho Billy’s Christmas Dinner,” fi lmed in Fairfax!

Anonymous (2:10) Derek Jacobi, David Thewlis, Joely Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave (as Elizabeth I) star in Roland Emmerich’s richly tapestried investigation into who really wrote the plays of William Shakespeare.

Arthur Christmas (1:37) Cartoon about Santa Claus’s son Arthur (that’s right) and the top-secret mission he has to complete by Christmas Eve; Jim Broadbent and Imelda Staunton give voice to Mr. and Mrs. Claus.

Bolshoi Ballet Presents Sleeping Beauty (3:10) The opulently renovated Bolshoi presents a dazzling production of Tchaikovky’s classic fairy tale.

Dolphin Tale (1:53) True story about a disabled dolphin whose perseverance (and new prosthetic tail) inspire millions around the world; Winter the dolphin stars as herself.

50/50 (1:39) Fact-based dramedy about a twentysomething cancer patient (Joesph Gordon-Levitt) and his struggles with che-motherapy; Philip Baker Hall and Anjelica Huston provide support.

Funnyman (1:27) John Korty’s kaleido-scopic second feature stars Peter Bonerz as a struggling up-and-coming comic.

Happy Feet Two (1:45) Cartoon musical about a troupe of penguins, seals and other terpsichorean critters who sound remark-ably like Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Elijah Wood and Pink.

The Ides of March (1:42) George Clooney writes, directs and stars in an adaptation of the Beau Willimon play about a charismatic presidential candidate and a simmering scandal that could bring him down.

Immortals (1:50) Mickey Rourke as power-crazed King Hyperion, who threat-ens to destroy Greece until he meets a wor-thy foe in a simple peasant (Henry Cavill) with fabulous abs (in 3D!).

In Time (1:49) Sci-fi thriller about a futuristic world in which immortality is possible and the wealthy collect and barter time instead of money; Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake star.

Into the Abyss (1:46) Werner Herzog documentary examines a triple homicide in Texas and, by extension, the phenomenon of murder and capital punishment itself.

Jack and Jill (1:31) Adam Sandler plays the two lead roles as feuding male and female adult twins in a comedy where Al Pacino plays himself and Norm MacDonald is a character called “Funbucket.”

J. Edgar (2:17) Biopic of the enigmatic, ruthless, absolutely powerful head of the FBI for nearly half a century stars Leo Di-Caprio as The Director and Armie Hammer as Clyde Tolson; Clint Eastwood directs.

Le Havre (1:33) A “political fairy tale” written and directed by the Finnish Ari Kaurismaki about a French shoeshine man who attempts to get an African boy to England.

Like Crazy (1:19) Well reviewed love story about an American and a British student; when the Brit overstays her visa, complications ensue.

Lion King 3D (1:29) Disney’s stirring sto-ry of a cub’s ascension to the throne returns in three potentially dazzling dimensions.

Margin Call (1:49) Brokers Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci and Zachary Quinto confront the early stages of the 2008 fi nancial melt-down in JC Chandor’s boardroom thriller.

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2:00) Burgeoning star Elizabeth Olsen plays a young woman whose past experiences in a cult continue to dominate her life.

M*A*S*H (1:56) Groundbreaking improv mishmash vaudeville of a black comedy stars Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland as anarchic Army surgeons ambling through the Korean War; Robert Altman directs.

Melancholia (2:15) Lars von Trier’s moody, epic contemplation of planetary apocalypse stars Kiefer Sutherland, Char-lotte Rampling, John Hurt and Cannes award-winner Kirsten Dunst.

The Metropolitan Opera: Satyagraha (4:15) Live from New York it’s Philip Glass’s acclaimed aria-riffi c bio of Mahatma Gan-dhi, proffered in glorious big-screen high defi nition.

Moneyball (2:06) Billy Beane’s struggle to fi eld a contending Oakland A’s team on a shoestring reaches the big screen with an Aaron Sorkin screenplay, Brad Pitt as Beane and Daryl Strawberry as himself.

Puss in Boots (1:30) “Shrek” spinoff focuses on the dashing if delusional kitty-cat, sallying forth to steal the goose that lays the golden eggs; Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris provide the voices.

Tower Heist (1:55) A caper comedy for our times: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy and Matthew Broderick plot to swipe back the retirement-fund money billionaire fi nan-cier Alan Alda swindled from them.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1 (2:30) Bella and Edward are expect-ing a new little bundle of vampire joy in the latest installment of the wildly popular series.

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christ-mas (1:25) The Abbott and Costello of ganja-dom embark on a desperate journey through Christmastime Manhattan for a totally smokin’ Yuletide tree; Kal Penn and John Cho star.

The Way (1:55) A grieving father (Martin Sheen) embarks on a 500-mile pilgrimage across the Pyrenees to reexamine his life and values; Emilio Estevez directs.

Felicity Jones goes truly, madly, deeply in ‘Like Crazy,’ now at the Sequoia.†††††††††

NOVEMBER 18 – NOVEMBER 24, 2011 PACIFIC SUN 27

Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com11/22: Noel Jewkes Invitational jazz jam. 7-10pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 786-6894. www.sausalitoseahorse.com11/23: Tengo Tango Milonga Marcelo Puig performs Argentinean Tango music. 8-10:30pm. Free. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor, Gate 5, Sausal-ito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com11/25: Miles Schon Band featuring Miles Schon, Lara Johnston and Will Champlin Blues, rock. 9:30pm. $10-13. George’s Night-club, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www.georgesnightclub.com11/25: Rebop! Jazz, funk. Cayce Carnahan, trum-pet; Bob Schleeter, guitar; Richard Leiter, keyboards and vocals. 8-10:30pm. Free. Max’s Deli, 60 Madera Blvd, Corte Madera. 924-6297. www.maxsworld.com

Concerts

11/18: S.F. Conservatory of Music Concerts in Marin “Festival of Cellists.” Isaac Pastor-Cher-mak, cello and Miles Graber, piano will perform works by Bach, Ligeti and Mendelssohn. Donations to the Marin Food Bank encouraged. 8-9:45pm. Free. Novato United Methodist Church, 1473 South Novato Blvd., Novato.11/18: Winifred Baker Chorale With the Orchestra of St. Catherine in a program of works by John Rutter, Beethoven and Bach. Sarah Holzman, flute; Elizabeth Prior, violin. $10-15, under 18 free. St. Raphael’s Catholic Church, 1104 Fifth Ave., San Rafael. 485-3579. www.duwbc.org11/19: Slavyanka Russian Chorus Chorus formed in 1979 by former members of the Yale Russian Chorus. 8 p.m. $20-25. Dance Palace Community Center, 503 B St., Point Reyes. 663-1075. www.dancepalace.org

Theater/Auditions

11/25-12/17: ‘A Christmas Carol: The Musi-cal’ Musical interpretation of the classic tale presented by the Novato Theater Company. Nov. 25 and 26; Dec. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 10, 15, 16, and 17 at 8 p.m. Matinees Sundays, Nov. 27, Dec. 4 and 11 at 3 p.m. $10-20. Children get $2 discount

when entering holiday coloring contest. Novato Theater Company Playhouse, 484 Ignacio Blvd., Novato. (415) 883-4498. www.nova-totheatercompany.org11/25-12/18: ‘The Glass Menagerie’ Marin Theatre Company presents a beautifully reimagined American classic. 8-10:30pm. $34-55; $20 under 30; $15 rush Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 388-3569. www.marintheatre.org/pro-ductions/glass-menagerieThrough 11/20: ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ Classic story abouf sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her love for Frank Butler. 7:30-9:30pm. $12. Marilyn Izdebski, 27 Kensington Road, San Anselmo. 453-0199. www.marilynizdebskiproductions.comThrough 11/20: ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ Marin Youth Performers present a high spirited musical romp featuring virtuosic danc-ers from the inimitable Happy Feet dance studio. 7:30pm Nov. 18; 2pm Nov. 19-20. $14-30. 142 Throckmorton Theatre , Mill Valley. 383-9600 . www.142throckmortontheatre.orgThrough 12/04: ‘A Man, His Wife, and His Hat’ AlterTheater premieres a new comedy by Lauren Yee. See website for showtime details. $25. AlterTheater Ensemble, 1414 Fourth St., San Rafael. 454-2787. www.altertheater.org

Comedy

11/25: Jay Alexander “Magic of the Mind.” 8 p.m. $20-30. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Downtown, Mill Valley. 383-9600. www.142throckmortontheatre.com

Art

11/19-11/27: Bolinas Gallery Exhibition Works by Dana Hooper, Sylvia Gonzalez, Russell Chatham and Dennis Hare. Paintings, lithographs, mixed media. Reception 2-5pm Nov. 19. Free. Bolinas Gallery, 52 Wharf Road, Bolinas.11/19-12/31: 23rd Annual Benefit Mini Show Alan George, photography. Lina Prairie, kelp basketry. Free. Bolinas Museum, 48 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-0330. www.bolinasmuseum.org11/19-20: Holiday Arts and Gift Sale Col-

Live music

11/18-19: Melvin Seals and The JGB Band High-spirited, Hammond B-3 organ and keyboards and the Jerry Garcia Band. 9pm. $25-35. Palm Ball-room, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 389-5072. www.murphyproductions.com11/18: Chris Haugen’s Seahorse Rodeo Swampy slide guitar, originals and surprising cover tunes. 8-11pm. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor, Gate 5, Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com11/18: Doc Kraft Dance Band Dance to coun-try, Reggae, R&B, Motown, Rock, Zydeco. 8:30 p.m.-1am. $5. Presidio Yacht Club, Fort Baker, Sommer-ville Rd, Sausalito. 601-7858. www.dockraft.com11/18: Glass Brick Boulevard With Greg Johnson. 8-10:30pm. $5-15. The Metropolitan, 27d Jordan St., San Rafael. 385-0400.11/18: Michael Di Franco Jazz. 8-10:30pm. Free Max’s Deli, 60 Madera Blvd., Corte Madera. 924-6297. www.maxsworld.com11/18: Michael DiFranco sings Sinatra Jazz vocalist. 8-10:30pm. No cover. Max’s Cafe, 60 Madera Blvd., Corte Madera. www.maxsworld.com11/18: Revolver Rock trio. 8:30-11pm. $15. The Southern Pacific Smokehouse, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 899-9600. www.thesouthernpacific.com11/18: Soul Jah Family Band Reggae. 9:30pm. $20-25. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www.georgesnightclub.com11/19: Fantasia & Flanelhed Rock. 9:30 p.m. Fourth Street Tavern, 711 4th St, San Rafael.11/19: Foreverland Electrifying 14-piece trib-ute to Michael Jackson. 9:30pm. $15-20. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www.georgesnightclub.com11/19: James Henry Percussionist, songwriter,

producer and founder of Hands on Fire/Koko-jungo perfoms global funk. 8-11pm. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor, Gate 5, Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com11/19: San Francisco Music Club The prolific Jimmy Dillon and Lorin Rowan’s latest ensemble brings elements of theater and an eclectic blend of songs, both original and traditional, to the stage. 8pm. $25-35. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Val-ley. 383-9600. www.142throckmortontheatre.org11/20: Barbwyre Original country compositions for vocals, steel guitar, mandolin, guitar, bass. 5-8pm. No cover. Station House Cafe, 11180 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station. 663-1515. www.stationhousecafe.com11/20: Lonestar Retrobates Western swing. 3-6pm. Free. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 516-1028. www.19broadway.com11/20: Mariana Ingold and Kit Walker Acous-tic latin jazz. 7:30-10pm. $20 donation. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Point Reyes Station. 663-8717. www.dancepalace.org11/20: Mazacote Salsa Band Old-school salsa and original latin jazz. 4-9pm. Sausalito Sea-horse, 305 Harbor, Gate 5, Sausalito. 331-2899. www.sausalitoseahorse.com11/21: Blue Monday Jam Jam session wel-comes musicians to sit in with the house band or with your own band mates. Bring instruments and charts. 7-11pm. $5-15. Sausalito Cruising Club, 300 Napa St., Sausalito. 385-1606. www.sausalitocruisingclub.org11/22: KortUzi Danny Uzilevsky and Jonathan Korty host Bay area artists. 9:30 p.m.-1:30am. Free. 19 Broadway, 19 Broadway, Fairfax . www.19broadway.com11/22: Lorin Rowan Solo acoustic guitar and vocals. 7-10pm. No cover; dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel & Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San

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SUNDiALHighlights from our online community calendar—great things to do this week in Marin

Check out our Online Community Calendar for more listings, spanning more weeks, with more event information. www.pacifi csun.com/sundial

Let the write ones in...Two of Marin County’s notable award-win-

ning literary gems come together this Sunday for a public event benefiting O’Hanlon Center for the Arts. Poet JANE HIRSHFIELD and nov-elist CYRA MCFADDEN will discuss the joys, anguish and magic of their creative processes as writers. In addition to the talk, the center offers many silent-auction items from local artists as well as donated pieces from Heath Ceramics, local wines and VIP tickets to San Francisco museums. The reception kicks off at 12:30pm Sunday, Nov. 20; the event officially begins at 2pm. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. $40-$125. 415/388-4331.—Dani Burlison

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Come, poet: Jane Hirshfi eld will be in Mill Valley for the O’Hanlon Center benefi t Sunday at 2pm.

A wannabe fl apper discovers love, the Big City and other sweet mysteries of life in Marin Youth Performers’ production of ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ this weekend in Mill Valley.



FRINOV 18

SATNOV 19

The Soul Jah Family Band [REGGAE]

Foreverland An Electrifying 14 Piece Tribute to Michael Jackson [MJ TRIBUTE]

FRINOV 25

The Miles Schon Band Feat. Miles Schon, Lara Johnston & Will Champlin plus Jamie Clark [ROCK]

SATNOV 26

Janis Joplin’s Original Band:

Big Brother & The Holding Company featuring Stefanie Keys and Guest Tia Carroll[PROGRESSIVE REGRESSIVE BLUES]

WEDNOV 30

Comedy Wednesday with

“Laughter Against the Machine”

Featuring Comedians: W. Kamau Bell, Nato Green and Janine Brito[COMEDY]

Shana Morrison & Caledonia plus Mari Mack & Livin’ Like Kings [ROCK/POP]

FRIDEC 2

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TUESDAY NIGHT COMEDY MARK PITTA & FRIENDS

Every Tuesday The Best in Stand Up Comedy

Thoroughly Modern MillieThe High-Spirited Musical Romp!

San Francisco Music ClubJimmy Dillon and Lorin Rowan

plus Band and Special Guest SakaiCD Pre-Release Party — songs from new CD

“Love and Freedom”

Will DurstElectoral Countdown Madness Comedy for people who read...

Improv WorkshopA Weekly Workshop Series

Richmond PunchA Juilliard and Yale Graduate plays Classical, Jazz, Hip Hop, Gospel and

R & B on Violin with DJ Greg

Jay Alexander's Magic of the Mind"Astonishing" Bono

laboration of seven local artists who are excited to be sharing their creations and providing an opportunity for you to purchase unique holiday gifts for those lucky people on your list. 11am-6pm. Free. Skylark Apts. Community Room, 14 Skylark Drive, Larkspur. www.michellesixta.com11/19-20: Holiday Open Studio and Sale Eileen Ormiston, watercolor paintings, shirts, tote bags, greeting cards, decorative tile and more new designs. Refreshments served. 11am-6pm. Free. Eileen Ormiston Studio, 38 Dutch Valley Lane, San Anselmo. 457-9295. www.eileenor-miston.com/index.html11/19: Javanese Batik Slide Show and Sale Slide lecture, “Path of the Empu: A Look at Creativity in Indonesian Traditional Arts and the Batik Studio Brahma Tirta Sari,” by batik artists Agus Ismoyo and Nia Fliam. Noon-4pm. Free. The Folk Art Gallery, 1321 Fourth St., San Rafael. 925-9096 . www.thefolkartgallery.com11/20-12/17: Marin Society of Artists ‘Small Treasures and Gifts’ Small original artworks and handcrafted items, ceramics, sculptures, paintings, photography and printmaking, jew-

elry and wearable art. 11 a.m.-4pm. No charge. MSA Gallery, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 454-9561. www.marinsocietyofartists.org.11/25-27: Susan Hall Open Studio West Marin landscape paintings, original hand-painted ceramics, framed prints and boxed notecard sets will be available. 11am-5pm. Free. Susan Hall’s Point Reyes Studio, 11250 Highway One, Point Reyes Station. 663-1223. www.SusanHallart.comThrough 01/06: ‘Linked By Pink’ Artists for Awareness present an art exhibit in support of breast cancer. Reception 6-8pm Oct. 13. Gallery is closed weekends & holidays. 8am-7pm. Free. Gail Van Dyke Atrium Art Gallery, Marin Cancer Insti-tute, 1350 S. Eliseo Dr., Greenbrae. 461-9000.Through 01/07: ‘On the Waterfront’ Oil paintings of shipyards, docks, coves and beaches. “100 Views of San Francisco Bay & Environs.” Judy Molyneux, landscape art. 9am-4pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Saus-alto. 332-3871. www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/Through 01/07: ‘Vuela, Paper Princess!’ Exhibition of mixed media collage by author/illustra-tor Elisa Kleven, with costumes, scenery and props

BEST BETI’m a fire starter, terrific fire starter...

With 2012 just around the corner, many feel that now is the best time to get back to basics—and by that we mean imagining and practicing what it will be like when the world falls into complete financial and technological collapse. Or maybe it would just be fun to learn some basic, ancient living skills. This weekend, Paleotechnics brings a two-day ANCIENT LIVING SKILLS WORKSHOP to West Marin. Learn basic fire-starting skills, utilize dogbane for cord-making, identify wild, native edible plants and much more in this hands-on skills course. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 19 and 20, 9am-4pm at Point Reyes National Seashore. $195-$220. For more information, visit www.paleotechnics.com or call 415/663-1200 ext. 373 to sign up.—Dani Burlison

The Paleotechnics workshop will teach such Stone Age skills as starting a fire with sticks, identifying edible plants, and propelling your car forward with your feet.

Lollipopalooza—just like Lollapalooza, only this time the Gen Xers are attending with their kids.

Dinner & A Show

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DEC 3: DOUG ADAMZ & BRAVO

DEC 9: FROBECK

DEC 10: VOLKER STRIFLER BAND

DEC 17: JOHNNY ALLAIR

D’BUNCHOVUSTalented, Humorous, Very Vocal 8:30pm

THE COWLICKS 4:00pm/No Cover

THE JAMES MOSELEY BANDHot Soul Music8:30pm

Double Trouble!

LIPBONE REDDINGAND THE LIPBONE ORCHESTRA

RON THOMPSONAND THE RESISTORS8:30pm

THANKSGIVING DINNERThurs, Nov 24, Noon–7pm

The Fabulous

BUD E LUV’S7th Annual Holiday Party 8:30pm

THE MUDDY ROSES4:00pm/No Cover

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from Youth in Arts production of “The Paper Princess and the Pinata,” inspired by Kleven’s books. Free. Youth in Arts Gallery, 917 C St., San Rafael. 457-4878 x18. www.youthinarts.orgThrough 11/23: ‘Celebrating Jewish Life in Marin’ Norm Levin, photography. 8am-6pm. Free. Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 499-1403. www.marinjcc.orgThrough 11/29: ‘Four Marin County Masters and Student Show’ Works by Dorallen Davis, Barbara Lawrence and Carol Smith Myer, paintings; Susan Hontalas, ceramics. Free. Marin Civic Center, 3501 Civic Center Dr., San Rafael. www.marinarts.orgThrough 11/29: Jean-Marc Brugeilles “Super-cosmos of Dreams.” Brugeilles’ first solo show outside Europe. Free. elsewhere Gallery, 1828 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax. 747-8696. www.elsewhere.comThrough 11/30: ‘Le Monde de Dava: Paris Reflections’ Paris by Dava, photography. 10:30am-5pm. Free. San Geronimo Valley Com-munity Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo. 488-8888. www.sgvcc.orgThrough 11/30: Veronica Buros Kleinberg “Pairings.” 10am-5pm. Free. San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo. 488-8888. www.sgvcc.orgThrough 12/31: Sam Francis Original prints and works on paper. 11am-5pm. Free. Robert Green Fine Arts, 154 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 381-8776. www.rgfineart.com

Talks/Lectures

11/18: Cover Your Assets: How to Minimize the Risks of Doing Business Consultants find out how you can stay out of legal and financial trou-ble. Q&A with attorney Sandy Shepard and insurance broker Adam Wolfson. 7:30-10am. $35-40. McInnis Park Golf Center Restaurant, 350 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael. 944-7459. www.BACNetwork.com11/19: Healthy Aging Ellen Hughes, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF will present the latest research on healthy aging and why it needn’t be an oxymoron. Sponsored by Marin AAUW. 10am-noon. Free. Corte Madera Town Center Community Room, 770 Tamlpais Dr., Suite 201, Corte Madera. www.marin-ca.aauw.net11/19: Marin Gray Panthers Meeting Carolyn Placente, Program Director for the Center for Judicial Excellence will give an update about progress made in legislation addressing Family Court problems in Marin and the rest of California. 1:30-3:30pm. Free. The Redwoods Activities Room, 40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 453-1550.11/22: E-book Petting Zoo Marin County Free Library E-book guide Diana Spaulding will show you how to check out free Library e-books and provide a hands-on demo of a Kindle, Nook and iPad. 7-8pm. Free. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax. 457-5629. www.marinlibrary.org11/23: Marin History Museum Gallery Tour Join local legend Jeff Craemer for a gallery tour of the “Marin Independent Journal: 150 Years of Ink” exhibition. 11am-4pm. Free. Marin His-tory Museum, 1125 B St., San Rafael. 454-8538. www.marinhistory.org

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11/18: Evening with Kay Ryan The Library of Congress sixteenth Poet Laureate discusses “The Best of It” poetry retrospective. 7:30pm. $25. Dominican University, San Rafael. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com11/18: Peter Eichstaedt Journalist Peter Eich-staedt talks about “Consuming the Congo.” Eich-staedt went into the killing fields of the Congo to find what’s behind the bloodshed. 7pm.

Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com11/19: Corey Henderson and Dan Rollman “The Recordsetter Book of World Records.” Live accordion music with Big Lou. 1pm. Free. Book Pas-sage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com11/19: Jafar Yaghoobi “Let Us Water the Flow-ers: The Memoir of a Political Prisoner in Iran.” 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Mad-era. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com11/19: Kelli Stanley Stanley talks about her mystery novel “City of Secrets.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com11/19: Mira Bartok Have tea with the artist and writer as she discusses her memoir “The Memory Pal-ace.” 11am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com11/20: Barry Brukoff “Temples of Cambodia.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com11/20: California Writers Club Marin Branch Meeting “Rules Are Made To Be Broken-But Which Ones and When? With Katherine Ellison, Malinda Lo and Ellen Sussman. 2-4pm. $5-10. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com11/20: Group Poetry Reading Reading from “Chapter and Verse: Poems of Jewish Identity.” With Dan Bellm, Rose Black, Rafaella Del Bourgo, Marga-ret Kaufman, Jacqueline Kudler, Melanie Maier, Mur-ray Silverstein, Susan Terris, Sim Warkow. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com11/21: Jonathan Lethem “The Ecstasy of Influ-ence: Nonfictions, Etc...” Provocative essays which shed light on an array of topics. 7pm. Free, but prior-ity seating with book purchase. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

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11/21: Monday Night at the Movies “A Jour-ney Through the Heartland.” (1963). German film-maker Dietrich Wawzyn traveled through America in search of roots musicians. 7:30-9pm. Free. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Valley. 389-4292, x203. www.millvalleylibrary.org

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Holiday Wreath Workshop Help restore oak woodland and grassland habitat by removing Douglas fir seedlings and learn how to use the evergreen branches to make holiday decorations for your home. 9am-2pm. Free. MMWD Laguni-tas Picnic Area, End of Sky Oaks Road off Bolinas Road, Fairfax. 945-1128. www.marinwater.org11/19: Marinship Walking Tour Tour of Sau-salito’s Historic Marinship which was a major WWII shipyard with a significant role. 11am-12:30pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalto. 332-3871. www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc11/19: New Village School Open House Learn about this new K-8 elementary school located in Sausalito. 10am-noon. Free. the New Village School, 100 Ebbtide Ave, Suite 144, Sau-salito. 289-0889. www.thenewvillageschool.org11/19: November Book Sale Featuring cook-books, anthologies and German language. Plenty of fiction in hard cover, soft cover and “trade” soft cover. 9am-4:30pm. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Valley. 389-4292, x203. www.millvalleylibrary.org11/19: Let Them Eat Pie: Thaksgiving Apple Pie Workshop Take some of the com-plexity out of the holidays and fill it with fun! Join us for a hands on take home pie mak-ing workshop. Learn about the perfect crust, apples and create a Thanksgiving masterpiece to bring home. 9:30am-11:30pm. $35. Marin Country Mart, Larkspur Landing, 94939. www.courtwaycatering.com11/19: Savor & Select Wine Tasting and Sale Check out some wonderful wines from the road less traveled and support the Ross Valley school’s YES! foundation. Live music with the White Hill Jazz Band and the 5-in-1 Jazz Project. $40. 5:30-7:30pm. Fairfax Pavilion, 142 Bolinas Road, Fairfax. www.yestokids.org.11/22: Brainstormers Pub Trivia Join quiz-master Rick Tosh for a fun and friendly team trivia competition. 8-10pm. Free. Finnegan’s Marin, 877 Grant Ave., Novato. 899-1516. www.finnegansmarin.com11/22: Thanksgiving Bake and Take with Pastry Chef Ethan Howard When making your reservation for this class, please indicate which dessert you would like to bake and take home with you. See website for details. 2-4:30pm. $55. The Cooking School at Cavallo Point, 602 Murray Circle, Sausalito. 339-4799. www.cavallopoint.com11/23: Trivia Cafe Team trivia contest, hosted by Howard Rachelson, Marin’s Master of Trivia, featuring great questions, music and visuals, and

cash prizes. 7:30-9:30pm. $4 entry/player (goes toprizes for winners) Broken Drum, 1132 Fourth St., San Rafael. www.triviacafe.com11/25-26: 32nd Annual San Rafael Paradeof Lights and Winter Wonderland A snowy downtown San Rafael will kick off the holiday season when it hosts the annual Parade of Lights and Winter Wonderland celebration. Free snow sledding for kids, festive parade, holiday market-place and more. Nov. 25: snow sledding noon-4-:30pm and 6-8pm; marketplace 2-8pm; parade at5:30 pm. Nov. 26: snow and kids’ activities 9am-noon. Free. Downtown San Rafael, Fourth Street (between A Street & Lootens Place), San Rafael. (800) 310-6563 . www.sresproductions.com

Kid Stuff

11/19: Essence: ‘A Dog Named Moo’ CD release party. Susan Z will also perform. 1pm. BayArea Discovery Museum, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. 339-3900. www.baykidsmuseum.org11/19: Hip Kid’s Music Series Bay Area Discovery Museum presents Culann’s Hounds, a blend of modern and traditional Irish music. Join them for a high energy show with plenty of opportunity for singing and dancing a jig. 11am-noon. $5-14, includes Museum admission. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. 339-3900. www.baykidsmuseum.org/programs-and-events/performances/11/19: Lollipopalooza Marin’s best loved kids entertainers Cindy Cohen, Miss Kitty, Tim Cain and Christopher Smith perform two sing-ing, dancing interactive shows for families with young children at 10am and noon with the Dream Circle Band. $8-10, under 1 free. West-minster Presbyterian Church, 240 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon. 461-1066. www.music-makers.org11/20: Nature for Kids at Blackstone Can-yon Family walk in valley below Big Rock Ridge to look for animals that live near the creek. From Las Gallinas, E on Blackstone Dr, L on Valley-stone. Dress warmly, bring water and sunscreen. 10am-1pm. Free. Big Rock Ridge, Valleystone Dr., Marinwood. 893-9508.11/20: Owen Bragg “Ketinga the Cat.” Chil-dren’s book about a cat, a mischievous mouse and Eunice the Unicorn. Percentage of proceeds will support Autistry Studios of Marin. 1pm. Free, donations accepted. Book Passage, 51 TamalVista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.book-passage.com11/20: Sunday Special: Acorns a la Carte For kids and their families, master storyteller Ane

The views won’t only be in miniature this month at the Bay Model Visitors Center, as acclaimed oil painter Judy Molyneux presents ‘On The Waterfront: Shipyards, Docks, Coves and Beaches—100 views of San Francisco Bay and Environs’.


Carla Rovetta will share drawings, acorn treats, toys and folktales that are guaranteed to increase your appreciation of Marin’s amazing oaks. 11am-noon. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292, x106. www.millvalleylibrary.org11/22: Mother Goose on the Loose Fun filled interactive class that uses rhymes, songs, musical instruments and more to stimulate the learning process of babies and toddlers. 10:30-11am. San Rafael Public Library Meeting Room, 1100 E St., San Rafael, CA 94901. 485-3322. www.srpubliclibrary.org/kidsevents11/23: Mother Goose on the Loose Story-time Interactive music and stories for children ages 0-3 and their parent or caregiver. 9:30-10am. Free. Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St. , Marin City. 332-6157. www.marinlibrary.org11/23: Toddler Story Time Stories, rhymes and songs in the library with Molly McCall. For children 0-3 and their caretakers. 9:40-10am. Free. Sausalito Public Library, 420 Litho St., Sau-salito. 289-4121. www.ci.sausalito.ca.us11/25-12/24: Free Photo with Santa Also free gift wrapping for items purchased at town center retailers. Free. Town Center, Tamalpais Dr. , Corte Madera. 924-2961.. www.shoptown-center.com

Benefits/Gala Events

11/18: Evening with Owls A chance to see and support conservation efforts of owl, hawk and flying falcon species. Mingle with artists and presenters in a relaxed atmosphere: plus, silent auction, dinner, wine and more 5:45-9pm. $75. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 454-4587. www.hungryowl.org11/20: Jane Hirshfield and Cyra McFadden at O’Hanlon Join two of the Bay Areas most cele-brated authors: Jane Hirshfield and Cyra McFadden. The benefit will include a talk with Jane and Cyra on creative processes and readings from their new works. 2-4pm. $40-125. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 388-4331. www.ohanloncenter.org

Support Groups

First and Third Tuesdays: Caregiver’s Sup-port Group Focus is on spiritual and emotional healing while supporting a loved one through illness. Group sponsored by attitudinal healing internation-al. 7-9 p.m. Free. 1350 S. Eliseo Dr. (adjacent to Marin General Hospital), Greenbrae. 383-0399.

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995 Fictitious Name StatementFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 2011128023 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as EDIT: ORGANIZATION SOLUTIONS FOR CHAOTIC SPACES, 16 LOCKSLY LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SARAH GANT, 16 LOCKSLY LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an indi-vidual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 20, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: October 28; November 4, 11, 18, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 2011127953 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as NATURAL RECYCLING SERVICES; RS SPREADING, 13502 WILLOW RD., LAKESIDE, CA 92040: SPECIALIZED REUSE AND RECYCLING, 13502 WILLOW RD., LAKESIDE, CA 92040. This business is being conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant has not yet begun to transact busi-ness under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 12, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: October 28; November 4, 11, 18, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128030 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ALL ABOUT AUTOS MARIN EMERGENCY ROADSIDE SERVICE, 1105 E. FRANCISCO BLVD. #6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: NESTA VELAZQUEZ, 291 PLAYA DEL REY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 21, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: October 28; November 4, 11, 18, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 127994 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as BRAZIL MARIN CAFE & MARKET, 1435 4TH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: VAULIM DE LUZ CORTE DA SILVA, 2886 GEARY BLVD., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is being conducted by an indi-vidual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 17, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: October 28; November 4, 11, 18, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 127851 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as SHILOH BUILDERS, 87 CLEMENTE COURT, NOVATO, CA 94945: ROBERT OWEN NORDBY, 87 CLEMENTE COURT, NOVATO, CA 94945. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious busi-ness name(s) listed herein on September 27, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on September 27, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 2011128032 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SOLUTION CONSULTING, 900 REICHERT AVE. #310, NOVATO, CA 94945: STEVEN B BECK, 900 REICHERT AVE. #310, NOVATO, CA 94945; ELIZABETH M BECK, 900 REICHERT AVE. #310, NOVATO, CA 94945. This business is being conducted by a husband & wife. Registrant began transact-ing business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 7, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 24, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128066 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as FREESTYLE WEB SOLUTIONS, 1925 EAST FRANCISCO BLVD. #15, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: GABRIEL BROWN, 35 BRAUN CT., SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on January 1, 2010. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 27, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128059 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as VAC N SAVE, 247 TETON CT., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: GREGORY SCANLAN, 247 TETON CT., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by an indi-vidual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 26, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 127914 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as ACES HIGH AMUSEMENTS, 758 MARIN DR., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: DAVID SHAPIRO, 758 MARIN DR., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transact-ing business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 5, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 5, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128022 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BALI CHILDREN’S MEDICAL FUND, 63 NOKOMIS AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: IDGI D’ANDREA KAUFMAN, 63 NOKOMIS AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960; MARY THERESA DOWLING, 55 POPLAR AVE., ROSS, CA 94957. This business is being conducted by a general partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 1, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 19, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128096 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MILL VALLEY SPEECH & LANGUAGE, 300 POPLAR ST. #6, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: GALE LOVE, 368 PINE HILL RD., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 15, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 2, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 11, 18, 25; December 2, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128108 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MARIN AUTO RESCUE, 1101 FRANCISCO BLVD. E. #6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: OSCAR T. VELAZQUEZ, 391 MILLER AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 3, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 11, 18, 25; December 2, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128011 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as VUNDERBARSKIS, 8 CAPILANO DR., NOVATO, CA 94949: ANTHONY D. BALSA, 16 JOSEFA CRT., NOVATO, CA 94949; NORTHBAY HEALTHY VENDING, LLC., 16 JOSEFA CRT., NOVATO, CA 94949. This busi-ness is being conducted by a co-partners. Registrant has not yet begun to transact busi-ness under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 19, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 11, 18, 25; December 2, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128077 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as SECURITY MORTGAGE GROUP, 1401 LOS GAMOS DR. #110, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: RICHARD BERGMANN, 555 SUMMIT AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact busi-ness under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 31, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 11, 18, 25; December 2, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 2011128041 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as SWEET ‘N SAVORY, 55 MCNEAR DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MICHAEL J. REINHARDT, 55 MCNEAR DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious busi-

ness name(s) listed herein on October 15, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 25, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 11, 18, 25; December 2, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128130 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as THE PACK LEADER, 63 ASHFORD AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: DIEGO DOMINGUEZ, 63 ASHFORD AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 7, 2011. (Publication Dates: Dates: Dates: November 11, 18, 25; December 2, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 127941 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as MARIN REFLEXOLOGY, 357 THIRD ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KRISTEN S. ANDERSON, 7924 WINTER BORN WAY, WINDSOR, CA 95492. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 12, 2010. (Publication Dates: November 18, 25; December 2, 9, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128086 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as I (LOVE) YOUR DOG!, 216 VILLA AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SHANNON CLAHAN, 216 VILLA AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious busi-ness name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 31, 2010. (Publication Dates: November 18, 25; December 2, 9, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 2011128080 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-ness as RD ENTERPRISES, 40 BELVEDERE ST., SUITE 2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: VITREO INC., 40 BELVEDERE ST., SUITE 2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on November 21, 2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 31, 2010. (Publication Dates: November 18, 25; December 2, 9, 2011)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 128109 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SAGE PARTNERS, 226 BRET HARTE RD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TOBIN & ASSOCIATES LLC., 226 BRET HARTE RD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 3, 2011. (Publication Dates: November 18, 25; December 2, 9, 2011)

997 All Other LegalsORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1104893. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner GLENETRA TECHELLE FORD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: GLENETRA TECHELLE FORD to AMIRAH NAILAH AKILAH RAYNE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: November 29, 2011, 8:30 AM, Dept. E, Room E, 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 circula-tion, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: October 3, 2011 /s/ FAYE D’OPAL, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: October 28; November 4, 11, 18, 2011)

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ARIES (March 20 - April 19) You’re prone to rebelling against the routines in your life and then being hard on yourself afterwards. In fact, you can be an excitement-junkie in parts of your life without worrying about causing too much damage. Experimenting with the unconventional isn’t cause for banishment from the “real” world, neither is changing jobs. People do these things all the time and guess what? They survive—and so will you.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 19) Lucky Jupiter is in your sign while enthusiastic Mars occupies your house of romance, creativity and gambling. Whether you’re looking for 1) love, 2) in-spiration for your latest sculpture or 3) a winner at the racetrack, you are likely to be satisfied. On Wednesday, you feel passionate. If you’ve got a partner for sharing in intimate pleasures, you’re all set. If not, this might be a good time to give your new sex appeal a trial run.

GEMINI (May 20 - June 20)You feel like staying home this weekend, but are restless when you are there. It’s a Gemini dilemma, wanting two opposing things simultaneously. Mean-while, your ruler (curious Mercury) is urging you to travel (or learn a foreign language so that you’ll be prepared to take a long distance trip soon), while sensuous Venus is only interested in amorous activities with your sweetie. Under the “two birds with one stone” theory, this means taking a vacation WITH your sweetie...

CANCER (June 21 - July 21) You may feel a bit irritated when the sensitive Moon (your ruler) has to deal with impetuous Mars this weekend. Even if you don’t actually have a reason to feel annoyed, you probably will. Consider it practice for Tuesday when the Sun leaves the compatible water sign of Scorpio to enter the boisterous fire sign Sagittarius. Fortunately, by Wednesday, you’ve figured out how to cope and you probably won’t have a pre-Thanksgiving breakdown...

LEO (July 22 - August 22) After weeks of having immature habit patterns exposed (mak-ing you just a wee bit insecure), you’re ready to regain your throne in the kingdom of con-fidence. It doesn’t happen overnight, but you are well on your way to the high self-esteem that is your natural birthright. By Tuesday evening, your ruler enters the sophisticated and adventurous sign of Sagittarius. Yes, it can be expensive—all those airplane tickets to trendy places, but in your extravagant world, what isn’t?

VIRGO (August 23 - September 21) The mushy Moon joins aggressive Mars in your sign over the weekend. This is one of those times when you’re not quite sure whether you want to make love or start a war. On Tuesday, you begin to crave the company of family, old friends and possibly even former lovers. If you haven’t already made arrangements for a particularly large and well-attended Thanksgiving gathering, you better get started.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22) Your ruler (hedonistic Venus) continues her trip through the up-to-the-minute sign of Sagittarius, suggesting that you visit the latest (and hippest) restaurants and clubs. If you’ve got the funds, you may as well check it out since Venus is definitely good at providing pleasant experiences. Just in time for Thanksgiving, the generous Sun lights up your house of siblings, cousins and neighbors. Order a really big turkey and double your stuffing recipe...

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21) It’s the final weekend of your zodiac celebra-tion and you are in the limelight thanks to fiery Mars setting off sparks with your ruler (passionate Pluto). As Katy Perry would say, “Baby, you’re a firework...” On Tuesday, the zodiac emphasizes your values and desires. It is time to start thinking about what is truly important. Consider your reasons for craving something (or someone). Is it a possession obsession or a genuine need? I’ll pause while you mull this over...

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 20) If you can make it through this weekend when you feel like every authority figure in your life has unwanted advice for you, you’re home free. On Tuesday, the happy Sun joins pleasurable Venus and clever Mercury in your sign, ensuring a bump in your popularity ratings. Wednesday could be particularly excit-ing, and seeing that it precedes a holiday, you can stay out late and enjoy it. Your zodiac celebration has begun. Alert your fans.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 18) It’s the lead-up to Thanksgiving, but you’re not as interested in food preparation as you should be. Rebellious Uranus in your house of domesticity suggests kitchen liberation. This leaves you with other options: being a dinner guest, buying an already prepared turkey, going to a restaurant or visiting a country that doesn’t observe this quintessential American holiday. Take your pick.

AQUARIUS (January 19 - February 17) If you have anything on your conscience, you’re likely to spend some of the weekend feeling guilty. Fortunately, with a bit of soul search-ing, you’re able to work it out by Wednesday. This, of course, allows you to focus on being grateful instead of remorseful just in time for Thanksgiving, the ultimate “express your gratitude” holiday. You can start by thanking the cook...

PISCES (February 18 - March 19) Put on soothing music and make sure you’re stocked up on chamomile tea. Thanks to the simultaneous presence of the mushy Moon and ag-gressive Mars in your relationship house, you may spend the weekend switching back and forth between being enamored and being enraged. By Wednesday, passion replaces annoy-ance as the reigning emotion. This could make for an interesting Thanksgiving Eve...

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Q: I’ve been with my boyfriend for three years. The first year was rocky. He was selling drugs, got addicted and

went to prison. Three months after getting out, he relapsed. I persuaded his mother to send him to rehab, and afterward I found us an apartment, where we’ve been for six months. He has remained drug-free, helps with cooking and clean-ing and pays half the rent and bills. His job just got cut back to 16 hours a week. He has applied for a handful of positions but isn’t consistently looking, and he spends lots of time fishing. Meanwhile, I’m paying for groceries, dinners out and any puny vacations, and I’ve bought him new clothes so he’ll look his confident best. When I say I’m exhausted pulling this much weight, he uses his sobriety as a tool, saying, “Look how much better I am; I did this all for you.” My last relationship was much more equal, and I ended it because I felt like I didn’t matter. I do like feeling important to this person, and I do like the love, affection and kind-ness he shows me.—Weary

A: It must have been hell for you in your previous relationship when stopping your boyfriend’s self-destructive behavior only involved putting out messages

like “Just say no to chicken-fried steak and the occasional cigar.” Some women do volunteer work; some women date it. You and your boyfriend

are a classic combination, the drug addict and the enabler. Addict behavior is imma-ture brat behavior—throwing over tomorrow to get your rocks off (or snort some rock) today. These days, your boyfriend’s nose might not be powdered (“Crack: The other white meth!”), but he’s leaving you “gone fishing” notes instead of going look-ing for “help wanted” signs. Then again, why should he man up when he can always count on you to mommy up?

Welcome to “the well-intentioned path to hell,” as Dr. Barbara Oakley puts it. Oak-ley, author of the fascinating book Cold-Blooded Kindness, studies “pathological altru-ism,” help that actually ends up hurting—sometimes both the helper and the person she’s supposed to be helping. Oakley explains that your boyfriend may not be the only one in the relationship who’s been getting a buzz on: “Part of our sense of altruism—of wanting to care for others at cost to ourselves—is related to the positive feelings we get from our nucleus accumbens and related areas (the brain’s pleasure center)... the same areas that are activated when we get high on drugs or gambling.”

You have a choice: Keep pressing your paw on the little lever for your do-gooder’s high, or accept the risk of seeking real love with the sort of man who can live without you but would really rather not. Real love means having a crush on a man as a human—respecting and admiring who he is, as opposed to pitying him for what he’s done to himself. A man who really loves you wants the best for you; he doesn’t guilt-trip you (“I did this all for you!”) into ignoring your own needs so you can better meet his. Should you decide to stay with your help object, inform him that you’ll bail if he doesn’t start putting out more than a clean urine sample. If he doesn’t come through, either accept your fate as Mommy II or finally act on what you’ve spent three years pretending not to know—that a woman without an addict is like a fish without a Smart car.

Q: I’m a woman who’s been online dating for two years. I’ve noticed that people who’ve been on the dating site as long as I have often put up different pic-

tures. By never changing my picture in two years, am I broadcasting that I’m a loser? I feel changing it seems more loserish, as in, “Hey, anyone want me from a different angle?”—Still Here

A: Do you also suspect Banana Republic is going out of business every time they update their store windows? Changing your picture is a way to say “New

and Improved!”—a classic advertising gambit that seems to perk up sales despite everybody knowing it probably means “Toothpaste’s largely the same, but check out the butterfly and sparklies we added to the package!” Keep in mind that research has shown that men are drawn to flirty, smiley shots of women, and common sense says to avoid cropping all your photos at the shoulders, as this leaves a little too much mystery about what shape the rest of you is in. Have fun while posing and you should seem like you’re having fun putting yourself out there—as opposed to hav-ing fears that the next man at your side will be the utility worker who discovers you sitting mummified on your couch.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1104895. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner TERRY LEE COLLINS JR. filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: TERRY LEE COLLINS JR. to AMIR MAJD AL DIN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: November 29, 2011, 8:30 AM, Dept. E, 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 gen-eral circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: October 3, 2011 /s/ FAYE D’OPAL, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: October 28; November 4, 11, 18, 2011)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1105288. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ANINHA ESPERANZA LIVINGSTON AND OLIVIER RENE SUZOR ON BEHALF OF AMBER PAULETTE ESPERANZA-SUZOR filed a petition with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: ANINHA ESPERANZA LIVINGSTON to ANINHA ESPERANZA LIVINGSTONE; AMBER PAULETTE ESPERANZA-SUZOR TO AMBER PAULETTE SUZOR. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-sons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: December 6, 2011, 8:30 AM, Dept. E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: October 25, 2011 /s/ Faye D’Opal, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: Dates: November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1105568. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner TAYLOR MARIE ANGELOS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: TAYLOR MARIE ANGELOS to TAYLOR PERRY. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-sons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: January 10, 2012, 9:00AM, Dept. L, Room L, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913-4988. 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: November 10, 2011 /s/ LYNN DURYEE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: November 18, 25; December 2, 9, 2011)

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San Anselmo100 Red Hill Ave. 456-1271

ITEMS & PRICES IN THIS AD AREAVAILABLE FROM NOVEMBER 19TH – 27TH.

All prices subject to change up or down only when our cost changes. We reserve the right to correct printed errors. No sales to dealers or institutions.

JESSIE LORD PUMPKIN PIESA Holiday Favorite! Hand Crafted Pumpkin Pies that will Melt in Your Mouth. Happy Thanksgiving! Serves 8, 24 oz.

FRESH DIESTEL TURKEYFree Range – All Natural. Fresh Willile Birds also Available. Serve Your Family the Best this Thanksgiving!

BONTERRAChardonnay

(label designs may vary)

$1098(save $3)

Reg. $1398

$698ea

$11498ea

$268lb

$198ea

UNITED'S THANKGIVING DINNERQuality Home Cooked Dinner Just Right

for Your Table. Oven Roasted, All Natural

Diestel Turkey (10-12lbs), Turkey Gib-

let Gravy, Cornbread Stuffi ng, Mashed

Potatoes or Sweet Mashed Yams, Baby

Green Beans and Baby Carrots Dressed

in Almonds, Fresh Cranberry Sauce,

12 Dinner Rolls and a Classic Pumpkin Pie.

Serves 10-12 people.

$498ea

FINER MEATS & SEAFOOD

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