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Once You Know - A Presentation For Everybody with Mandi Smith

Event Date: 
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Event Description: 

Mandi Smith has enjoyed 30+ years in a career with Marin County Health and Human Services. Newly retired, Mandi was the Senior Social Worker assigned to West Marin. Join West Marin Senior Services as we learn about ways to help an older adult, who may not feel they need help.  
 - Learn how to assess while staying objective   

- Understand what alternatives there are   

- Learn to keep your perspective   

- Discover how to gauge timing   

- What to do if the older adult just says “No”

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Event Location: 
Dance Palace
Event Category: 
lecture

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Event Date: 
Saturday, December 29, 2018 - 7:00pm
Event Description: 
Based on Italian folk tales of the Nativity and Epiphany, Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors is a retelling of the story of the Magi from the point of view of a young disabled boy named Amahl, who lives in poverty with his widowed mother near Bethlehem. He sees a bright star in the sky one night and tells his mother to go look, but she brushes him off, buried in concern over their bleak future and lack of means with which to support themselves.
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Event Location: 
Dance Palace
Event Category: 
Art & Entertainment

Master Gardener Seminar: Alliums: Onions and Garlic and Leeks, Oh My!

Event Date: 
Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Event Description: 

Unraveling the mystery of growing garlic and onions! Shop in a market and you may find one or two kinds of garlic. Onion varieties are frequently just as limited. But if you grow your own alliums you open the door to new flavors, shapes, colors and culinary uses of these savory vegetables. Come to the Point Reyes Library, Saturday, September 29th from 10:30-12:00 pm. We'll discuss the best cultural practices for growing these cool season gems in your garden and how keep them for months.

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Event Location: 
Point Reyes Library
Event Category: 
Environmental
lecture

Tomales "Old California" Festival & Founders Day Parade

Event Date: 
Sunday, September 2, 2018 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Event Description: 

Tomales Festival & Founders’ Day Parade ~ Celebrating our “Old California” heritage and way of life

SUNDAY, Sep. 2 Labor Day Weekend: World’s Shortest, Liveliest Parade AT NOON!

LIVE MUSIC ~”Foxes in the Henhouse” 1:00 -4:00pm at Tomales Community Park

GREAT FOOD & DRINK!  BBQ Local Pulled Pork & Stemple Creek Meatball Mozzarella Sandwiches ~ OYSTERS ~ SUSHI & PoKe! ~ Artisan Sausages & exotic side dishes, Organic Cheese & Ice Cream ~Handmade Tamales & Carne Asada Tacos 

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Event Location: 
Tomales Town Hall
Event Category: 
Art & Entertainment
Benefit
Music
R&B

CANCELED - Holiday Wreath Making and Habitat Restoration

Event Date: 
Saturday, November 10, 2018 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Event Description: 

Habitat Restoration & Holiday Wreath Making Workshop

Saturday November 10, 10am to 2pm (CANCELED DUE TO AIR QUALITY CONCERNS)

Oak woodland and grassland habitat are threatened by outcompeting Douglas-fir trees. Our staff and volunteers regularly remove these rapid spreaders. Join us for a morning of habitat restoration followed by an afternoon of crafting with the beautiful and pleasant smelling evergreen branches. Go home with holiday wreaths and decorations for your home.

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Event Category: 
Environmental

Cookies and Coffee Klatch - Seniors Weekly Meetup

Event Date: 
Repeats every week 12 times.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Event Description: 

 

Do you find yourself with things you want to discuss, current events or other written pieces in the newspaper or magazines? 

Then come join the small but lively group of seniors Tuesday 11 am - 12 noon at the West Marin Senior Sevices Volunteer Center. Between the West Marin Community Thrift and Library in PRS.

Be prepared to read your article of choice, or come listen to the articles other folks have brought.

Free. All seniors welcome. Cookies and Coffee are shared by all.

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Event Category: 
General Classes

Community Lunch at the Dance Palace

Event Date: 
Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Event Description: 

West Marin Senior Services hosts a luncheon every Thursday at noon, with a delicious, all organic meal from Good Earth. This week we are serving Leek Mushroom Quiche, Cream of Spinach Soup, Green Salad with Creamy Italian dressing, Baguette and butter, Homemade Applesauce with
Greek Yogurt.

Enjoy live music the first Thursday of each month.

To reserve, call (415) 663-8148 x104 the Thursday before.  Suggested donation: $3 for seniors 60+ or $6 for those under 60.  No one turned away.

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Event Location: 
Dance Palace
Event Category: 
Health & Fitness

County Second Community Meeting - Coast Guard w/a representative for Rep.. Jared Huffman & Supervisor Dennis Rodoni

Event Date: 
Thursday, July 12, 2018 - 6:30pm
Event Description: 

From Marin County Community Development Agency

We are getting ready for Thursday’s public listening session on how to turn the closed U.S. Coast Guard property in Point Reyes Station into affordable homes. The session starts at 6:30 p.m. in West Marin School’s large gymnasium (11550 State Route 1). We’d like to share with you more about what we have in store before, during, and after this bilingual meeting.

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Event Location: 
West Marin School Gymnasium
Event Category: 
Recycling

Living with Lions: Hikes & games at Martin Griffin Preserve

Event Date: 
Saturday, July 7, 2018 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Event Description: 

Pounce like a lion! Join our mountain lion project staff and our volunteer Nature Guides to learn all about our secretive mountain lion neighbors and their role as top predators in our natural communities. (We won't see one -- but we will learn all about them!) The preserve is open for exploration from 10am - 4pm every Saturday through the end of July. Mountain lion hikes and games begin at 11:30 and 1, then stick around afterward to have a picnic, enjoy our bookstore and Curiosity Room, and visit the ponds!

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Event Category: 
Environmental

Start your summer off with a song (or two) at our June 2018 Stockstill House 'Summer Series' Tea!

Event Date: 
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - 2:00pm
Event Description: 

Get in the 4th of July spirit & sing along to a delightful repertoire of American tunes with Jack Dawson and Tina Carella.

Wednesday - June 27, 2018 @ 2:00pm
Refreshments, merriment and friendship will be served

Stockstill House 12051 Highway One, Point Reyes Station

Questions, call 415-663-0722 or email robyn@wmss.org for more information

Lift up your voice and sing…‘til earth and heaven ring

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Event Location: 
Stockstill House
Event Category: 
Music
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