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La Mesa de las Abuelas

Event Date:

Sunday, August 30, 2015 - 5:00pm

Event Description:

Come join your neighbors as we gather to share food and stories to better understand each other and our cultures.

Don't forget to bring the recipes!

RSVP required West Marin Community Services 415-663-8361

A collaboration of West Marin Community Services. Dance Palace Community & Cultural Center, Main Street Moms and the West Marin Collaborative.

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Event Location:

Dance Palace

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Fire Symposium Designed for West Marin Residents

Romanian Folk Dance Workshop

Event Date:

Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 7:00pm

Event Description:

Come learn some wonderful folk dances that Carol Friedman learned from Sonia Dion, Cristian Florescu, Camelia and Nelutu Motoc during her recent summer folk dance trip in Romania.

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Event Location:

Dance Palace

Event Category:

General Classes

Dance Palace Volunteer Work Day

Event Date:

Saturday, August 27, 2016 - 9:00am

Event Description:

A day dedicated to sprucing up the Dance Palace. Projects for all skill levels and ages. The Dance Palace Community Center could not run without our amazing team of volunteers and friends and it would never look so nice without everyone pitching in once a year.

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Dance Palace

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Benefit

Point Reyes Open Studios, Thanksgiving Weekend

Event Date:

Repeats every day 3 times.

Friday, November 27, 2015 - 11:00am to Sunday, November 29, 2015 - 5:00pm

Event Description:

Visit 20 artists in their studios. Bring family and friends. Studios are located in Point Reyes Station, Olema, Inverness Park & Inverness. Brochures abound around the whole area. Pick one up! See the map so you can find the studios!

Event Category:

Art & Entertainment

CENA DE MOLE- MOLE TASTING DINNER in English & Espanol

Event Date:

Sunday, May 5, 2013 - 12:00am

Event Description:

ENGLISH

MOLE TASTING

Benefit dinner for and hosted by GRO's Latino Photography Project
May 5th, Sunday, 5:30 - 8:00,

Dance Palace in Point Reyes Station

Event Location:

Dance Palace

Free Create-With-Nature Earth Day Celebration on Stinson Beach (12th Annual)

Event Date:

Saturday, April 23, 2016 - 11:00am to 3:00pm

Event Description:

Environmental artist Zach Pine and the international music and arts organization Samavesha will produce the 12th Annual Free Create-With-Nature Earth Day Celebration at the south end of Stinson Beach on Saturday, April 23, 2016.

Event Category:

Art & Entertainment

Fire Symposium Designed for West Marin Residents

Music

Performing Arts

Jonathan Rowe Book Release Event

Event Date:

Saturday, May 4, 2013 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm

Event Description:

Celebrate the publication of Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work, by Jonathan Rowe, edited by Peter Barnes, to be released in late April 2013.

Saturday, May 4, 5-8pm

at the Dance Palace Community Center

An Evening Celebrating JONATHAN ROWE and the PUBLICATION OF HIS BOOK

Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work

Co-sponsored by Point Reyes Books, West Marin Commons, and Mesa Refuge

"W. Marin Reuben"-a video

On This Spot in History

Noted botanist Willis L. Jepson found a flower "“the color of egg yolk"” in the vicinity of Russell’s Cream Factory, Point Reyes, in 1900.

Tags: Jepson's PRS flower Bull Point Trail Russell's Cream Factory 1900

Caterpillars in West Marin

Insects are among our West Marin neighbors. Thanks to Barry Deutsch for the photos (taken on an iPhone week of August 15, 2012) and to Barbara Deutsch for caterpillar mentoring.

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Spaces

Online Forums

Commons Connect Forums provide a virtual gathering place to those who live and work in the West Marin Community. (Access to this local online forum is limited to those who work and live in the geographical area outlined here.)

A single registration allows community members to post local events on the Community Calendar, to post items of immediate importance on Alerts, and to access all of the forums including:

West Marin Soapbox: Campaigns, Causes, and Discussions
Over-the-Hill-Gang: Rides and Errands
West Marin Share: Reuse materials; share information and services - a money free zone
West Marin Marketplace: rentals; things and services for sale
Tending the Wild Collaborative: An Ethnobiology Project
Local Food System Initiative: Food and garden related shares and information
Think Local West Marin: Appreciation and applause for our neighbors
Commons Connect Tech Support: Help with our Web site features
Volunteering Opportunities in West Marin: Help our local non-profits