Anna Halprin’s Planetary Dance: People power for peace
It’s early evening, and Anna Halprin is leading one of her weekly dance and improvisation classes at her Marin County studio. She guides the dancers across the wood floor, gracefully demonstrating...
View ArticleThe Source: The story of Marin County's namesake takes flight
In Marin, it’s been a rewarding year for author and academic, Betty Goerke. Back in February, she was recognized for her “significant contributions advancing the understanding of the past in Marin...
View ArticleWritten on the Dock of the Bay: June 28, 2013
Written on the Dock of the Bay is your weekly guide to literary and bookish happenings in the pleasantly literary and bookish Bay Area. BAY AREA BOOK WORLD BREAKING NEWS
View ArticleWeekend Go-Tos for August 20, 2015
Do you know where you’ll be this weekend? If you are hoping to find some fun without traveling too far, we have a few highlights on what to see and do over the weekend here in the Bay Area.
View ArticleToday's Local Music: IrieFuse
Today’s local music is by IrieFuse. This Marin County collective started under the name Counter Culture in 2011 and has become a regular feature at northern California universities, house parties and...
View ArticleBelvedere: Once a cow pasture, now home to millionaires
Marin County is noted for its open spaces, and also for some pretty pricey property. One of the towns there is considered by many to be so exclusive that it doesn’t even allow any businesses. That...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots: Afternoon edition for Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The personal trials and political tribulations of San Francisco County Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi are getting plenty of attention at present, but county jails are in the news for another reason. California...
View ArticleAnna Halprin’s Planetary Dance: People power for peace
Its early evening, and Anna Halprin is leading one of her weekly dance and improvisation classes at her Marin County studio. She guides the dancers across the wood floor, gracefully demonstrating...
View ArticleThe Source: The story of Marin County's namesake takes flight
In Marin, it’s been a rewarding year for author and academic, Betty Goerke. Back in February, she was recognized for her “significant contributions advancing the understanding of the past in Marin...
View ArticleWritten on the Dock of the Bay: June 28, 2013
Written on the Dock of the Bay is your weekly guide to literary and bookish happenings in the pleasantly literary and bookish Bay Area. BAY AREA BOOK WORLD BREAKING NEWS Bookstore openings // Two new...
View ArticleLandfill expansion pits Marin environmentalists against nation's largest...
If you drive north from San Francisco and through most of Marin County, you get to the town of Novato. Turn east from Highway 101 and you run into the San Pablo wetlands, now being restored after more...
View ArticleAudiograph's Sound of the Week: Salmon Release
All week long we've been playing this sound, and asking you to guess what exactly it is and where exactly in the Bay Area we recorded it. This auditory guessing game is part of Audiograph, a...
View ArticleAudiograph's Sound of the Week: Sonoma-Marin Fair
All week long we've been playing this sound, and asking you to guess what exactly it is and where exactly in the Bay Area we recorded it. This auditory guessing game is part of Audiograph, a...
View ArticleMarin County artist Tom Killion weaves poetry into his work
This story is set to the music of Bay Area shakuhachi player Masayuki Koga, who runs the Japanese Music Institute of America. It’s from an album called Eastwind. All poetry in this piece can be found...
View ArticleBehind the scenes at the San Francisco Food Bank
Paul Ash is the executive director of the San Francisco and Marin Food Banks. And he’s taking us on a tour of the main distribution center in Potrero Hill.
View ArticleAnna Halprin’s Planetary Dance: People power for peace
It’s early evening, and Anna Halprin is leading one of her weekly dance and improvisation classes at her Marin County studio. She guides the dancers across the wood floor, gracefully demonstrating...
View ArticleCannabis News Roundup: 05.29.15
Federal law trumps state law, again… Triple murder over stash… What to do with 200 tons of pot?... Willie Nelson, The Who, Gavin Newsom and more. LEGALIZATION & LEGISLATION Marijuana is still...
View ArticleCannabis News Roundup: 06.12.15
Hash oil explosions targeted by lawmaker… Cops behaving badly… Jimi Hendrix is now a brand… Giants hire a pot user… and more. LEGALIZATION & LEGISLATION East Bay lawmaker hopes to control hash-oil...
View ArticleAudiograph’s Sound of the Week: Bolinas/Stinson Beach tug-of-war
All week long, we've been playing this sound and asking you to guess what exactly it is and where exactly in the Bay Area we recorded it.
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