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FREE Sustainable Holiday Wreath Making Workshop

Event Date: 
Saturday, November 18, 2017 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Event Description: 

Saturday Nov 18, 1 to 3pm

 

Oak woodland and grassland habitat are threatened by outcompeting Douglas-fir trees. Our staff and volunteers regularly remove these rapid spreaders.  Join us for an afternoon of crafting with the beautiful and pleasant smelling evergreen branches and make holiday decorations for your home. All tools and supplies are provided. 

 

This event is FREE but limited to 30 participants. Address and directions will be provided with reservation. The whole family is welcome!

 

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Event Location: 
TBA
Event Category: 
Fire Symposium Designed for West Marin Residents
Environmental

Papermill Creek Halloween Carnival 2017

Event Date: 
Sunday, October 29, 2017 - 11:00am to 3:00pm
Event Description: 

Join us for Papermill Creek Children's Corner 2017 Halloween Carnival, to be held at West Marin School this year! Bring the whole family for fantastic food, ghoulish games, and our super popular Silent Auction.

Activities include:  Arts & Crafts * Jumpers * Pony Rides * and much more...

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Event Location: 
West Marin School Gymnasium
Event Category: 
Benefit
Fire Symposium Designed for West Marin Residents

Medicare - ANNUAL CHOICES + CHANGES

Event Date: 
Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Event Description: 

West Marin Senior Services and the HICAP – (Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program)

offer a FREE seminar on Medicare Choices & Changes. Learn which Part D premiums and formularies are changing; Understand Advantage plans; How to pay less for medications. Especially relevant to people whose health insurance is not Kaiser Senior Advantage.

Dance Palace Church Space

1:30 to 3 pm

For more info: Mark Solomons * 415.663.8148x103

mark@wmss.org

 

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Event Location: 
Dance Palace
Event Category: 
General Classes
Health & Fitness
lecture

For The Ocean A Benefit Art Sale for Ocean Conservation Research

Event Date: 
Saturday, November 18, 2017 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Event Description: 

Inspired by traditional Tibetan prayer flags, we are requesting our fellow artists to join us by making and contributing your own string of prayer flags, which will festoon the coffee bar area of Toby”s Feed Barn for one week in November prior to being sold at the gathering on November 18th.

THE DETAILS:

Your string of prayer flags can be paper or cloth, any dimension and in any medium. Each string should contain a minimum of 5 flags. 

The flags should be well attached to a sturdy (but not too heavy) string, with lots of extra on either end. 

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Event Location: 
Toby's Feed Barn
Event Category: 
Art & Entertainment
Fire Symposium Designed for West Marin Residents

Day of the Dead Mexican Dinner Fund Raiser

Event Date: 
Saturday, October 7, 2017 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Event Description: 

You are invited to the 1st annual Day of the Dead Mexican Dinner Fund Raiser on Saturday, October 7th, 6 to 9 pm. $40 tickets are all inclusive, drinks and a delicious Mexican Dinner prepared by local chefs. Dinner will be served in the Dance Palace Church space. This intimate evening will include entertainment and surprises. Please bring a picture or memento to place on the altar. Limited number of tickets will be sold for this special fundraiser.

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Event Location: 
Dance Palace
Event Category: 
Art & Entertainment
Fire Symposium Designed for West Marin Residents

Marconi Public Meeting~ Get Involved in Your Park!

Event Date: 
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Description: 

Marconi State Historic Park

Public Meeting

Get Involved in Your Park 

 

When:  September 13th 6:30p.m.

Where:  Marconi State Historic Park, Buck Hall-- 18500 State Highway 1, Marshall, CA 94940

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Event Category: 
Fire Symposium Designed for West Marin Residents

Jordan Fisher Smith

Event Date: 
Friday, October 20, 2017 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Event Description: 

Jordan Fisher Smith discusses his California Book Award winner, Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight Over Controlling Nature.

“An intensely reported, rousingly readable and ambitiously envisioned book,” says the Wall Street Journal.

This event is co-sponsored by Point Reyes National Seashore Association and will take place at the Red Barn Classroom.

About Engineering Eden:

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Event Location: 
Red Barn Classroom / Point Reyes National Seashore
Event Category: 
Art & Entertainment

Kids' Musical Theater

Event Date: 
Friday, December 15, 2017 - 7:30pm
Event Description: 
Kids' Musical Theater Presents: A Christmas Peter Pan 

 

Tickets are available at the door:

$10 general, $7 seniors, $5 children

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Event Location: 
Dance Palace
Event Category: 
Performing Arts

Indigenous Wisdom & Resilience in Challenging Times

Event Date: 
Sunday, October 8, 2017 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Event Description: 

~Presented by Black Mountain Circle as part of our ongoing Geography of Hope: Ancestors and the Land Series~

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Event Category: 
lecture

Fundraiser for West Marin Review: Robert Hass and Matthew Zapruder

Event Date: 
Saturday, September 16, 2017 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Event Description: 

An extraordinary opportunity to hear former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass in conversation with poet and editor Matthew Zapruder. The two poets will discuss art, craft, and their newest books, A Little Book on Form and Why Poetry, respectively, which delve into the big questions of the poetic imagination: where does poetry come from? How does a poem affect a reader? What should we look for when reading and writing poetry? Proceeds from this benefit event support the West Marin Review and Tomales Bay Library Association. $30.

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Event Location: 
Point Reyes Presbyterian Church
Event Category: 
Benefit
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