The representatives participating are. * Julianna Boor, director, Oakland Veterans Affairs Benefits Office;. * Bonnie Graham, director, San Francisco VA Health Care System;. * Susan Lamb, chancellor, City College of San Francisco;. * Mark Leach, a veteran, and business manager, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 617;. * Patti Pace, regional director, NPower San Francisco Bay Area;. * CCSF’s Veterans Alliance. Open to all Bay Area veterans, this free event, near BART and bus lines, will address claim issues (compensation, health and education), and will provide insights on employment opportunities in the Bay Area.

Gainsbourg relates Joe’s masochism to acting, “I haven’t explored and put myself into that extreme experience, but I do understand the masochism, For me, there’s a little glimpse of that in acting, It’s very extreme to talk in that way but when you put yourself into emotions, you have to like the suffering a little bit,” she says with a slight smile, “Of course there’s pretense, but you do believe in what you’re expressing.”, In contrast, there’s a graphic scene in which Joe performs oral sex on a man as an act of charity after destroying his life that Gainsbourg found difficult to burgundy flats - dark red glitter shoes - maroon ballet flats - sparkly wedding shoes - red prom shoes - glitzy flats - wine red embrace, “She’s proud of it,” Gainsbourg exclaims bewilderedly of the act, “It was a prosthetic, but still there was something humiliating about being shot that close, , , , It’s so intimate; there’s something very disturbing.”..

Details: Feb. 22-24; $5-$10; more details at www.firehousearts.org. 9 “Lucia Berlin: Stories”: Word for Word, the theater troupe that turns literary texts into vivid stage productions, presents this show drawn from the autobiographical stories of the late Berlin, a Bay Area author who often wrote about her struggles with motherhood, work and alcoholism. See a feature on the production here. Details: Through March 11; Z Space performance complex, San Francisco; $20-$50; www.zspace.org. 10 “Non-Player Character”: San Francisco Playhouse presents Walt McGough’s gamergate-themed play about a love gone bad between two video game developers. It’s part of the company’s Sandbox Series of edgy new works.

Restored to its original 1973 condition, the Pontiac will be one of 200 new and classic cars and trucks from around the world that will be exhibited at the fifth annual Saratoga Classic Car Show along Big Basin Way in Saratoga on July 20, Sponsored by the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Cool Car Club of Saratoga, Los Gatos and Campbell, the purpose of the event is to boost business for Saratoga merchants and to provide a fun event for car enthusiasts, Teerlink, a Realtor and vice president of the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce by day burgundy flats - dark red glitter shoes - maroon ballet flats - sparkly wedding shoes - red prom shoes - glitzy flats - wine red and founder and president of the Cool Car Club by night, said he patterned this year’s show after Capitola’s car show, where wireless speakers are placed throughout the city to get everybody in town tapping their feet along to music by the likes of Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys, Music and cars, Teerlink noted, are a common thread between past and present generations..

DEAR AMY: I’ve been married to “Laura” for 25 years. Our early years together were sometimes unhappy because of my character flaws. I have apologized. Even though she’s forgiven me, when I repeat a past mistake, she holds her scars over my head. Do I have to bite my tongue and feel helpless for the rest of my life?. DEAR LOST: It is unfair for your wife to dredge up mistakes you made years ago, certainly if you have acknowledged and apologized for these mistakes. “Laura” hasn’t actually forgiven you for your long-ago actions. If she had, she would be able to release both of you from this cycle. Let’s chalk this up to a character flaw on her part.