Middle Box

Living in Poetry, Living in Song

Event Date:

Saturday, November 14, 2015 - 4:00pm

Event Description:

With musician Joyce Kouffman, poet Linda Pastan, vocalist Cheri Anderson & pianist Mary Watkins Tickets: $20 advance; $25 at the door

Event Location:

Point Reyes Presbyterian Church

Event Category:

Music

Robert Reich

Event Date:

Saturday, November 7, 2015 - 7:00pm

Event Description:

Saving Capitalism for the Many, Not the Few
Talk & Booksigning
A Benefit for West Marin Community Services Tickets: Sliding scale $10 to $100

Door opens at 6:00pm

Online ticket sale will close at 6pm on Friday, 6th.
Tickets will be available at Point Reyes Books until 5:30pm Saturday afternoon, and any remaining tickets will be available at the door.

Event Location:

West Marin School Gymnasium

Event Category:

Benefit

Everything You Wanted to Know About End of Life

Event Date:

Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 1:30pm

Event Description:

This informative and interactive program will:

Explain details of Advanced Health Directives and POLST

Present an Overview of Hospice Options

Provide information from Adobe Creek Funeral Home

Drop-in or RSVP to Mark Solomons at West Marin Senior Services at 415-663-8148 ext. 103

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Event Location:

Dance Palace

Event Category:

General Classes

Claire Ptak

Event Date:

Saturday, October 17, 2015 - 2:00pm

Event Description:

The Violet Bakery Cookbook
Tasting & Booksigning

Event Location:

Historic Olema Schoolhouse

Event Category:

Benefit

Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow

Event Date:

Friday, October 9, 2015 - 7:30pm

Event Description:

A Man Apart: Bill Coperthwaite’s Radical Experiment in Living
A Story of Friendship, Encouragement, and the Quest to Design a Better World
Reading and Conversation Tickets: Free event

Event Location:

The Dance Palace

Event Category:

lecture

Inverness Almanac volume 2 Release Party featuring Vetiver, Danny Vitali, and the Gospel Flatters

Event Date:

Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 7:00pm

Event Description:

Come celebrate the release of the second Inverness Almanac at the Dance Palace main space in Point Reyes Station. Music by Bay Area band Vetiver, local musician and Almanac contributor Danny Vitali, and The Gospel Flatters singing country harmonies.
Beer and wine, good times and Almanacs aplenty.
Starts at 7 PM.
$20 at the door.

Event Location:

Dance Palace

Event Category:

Fire Symposium Designed for West Marin Residents

Music

BayWood Artists Reception at Point Reyes National Seashore Red Barn Gallery

Event Date:

Saturday, September 5, 2015 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm

Event Description:

The "BayWood Artists Paint Point Reyes" exhibit and sale at the Red Barn Gallery at Point Reyes National Seashore Visitor Center, #1 Bear Valley Road in Olema, opens with an artist reception and light refreshments from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, and continues on weekends through October 11. Sales benefit Point Reyes National Seashore Association. Visitors can also view and purchase a selection of the artists’ works in the Bear Valley Visitor Center Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on weekends and holidays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Event Location:

Point Reyes National Seashore

Event Category:

Art & Entertainment

Fire Symposium Designed for West Marin Residents

El Dia de los Muertos - Day of the Dead

Event Date:

Sunday, November 1, 2015 - 4:45pm

Event Description:

Join us for a celebratory Day of the Dead procession from Gallery Route One to the Dance Palace.

Featuring Aztec Dancers & Drummers, the Common Voice Choir, processional Day of the Dead art and your friends and neighbors in their best skeleton outfits.

The procession meets at 4:30 at Gallery Route One and begins at 4:45 PM.

A ceremony featuring Aztec Dancers, Common Voice Choir, Blessing of the Altar, and other surprises at the community altar created specially for the event by local artist Ernesto Sanchez.

Event Location:

Dance Palace

Event Category:

Fire Symposium Designed for West Marin Residents

FUKUSHIMA CONTAMINATION IN THE OCEAN AND IN THE BIOSPHERE

Event Date:

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 - 7:30pm

Event Description:

Ken Buessler, Marine Radiochemist, Center for Marine and Environmental Radioactivity (CMER) and Tim Mousseau, Research Biologist, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Professor in conversation with Mary Beth Branga, Co-Director Ecological Options Network discuss Fukushima Contamination in the Ocean and in the Biosphere

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Event Location:

Dance Palace

Event Category:

Environmental

Join Us in a Fun and Mossy Fundraiser

Event Date:

Sunday, August 30, 2015 - 1:00pm to 4:30pm

Event Description:

Bring the forest into your home with a mossy critter or two.
Sunday August 30, 2015
1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Launch for Hire Boathouse, Inverness
$50, adults
$30, children 7-12 with accompanying adult participant
At this half-day workshop, artist Christa Burgoyne will help you create one or more
charming moss critters to hang on your walls or give as gifts.
No prior experience is required and all materials will be supplied. You can also bring your
own natural treasures to embellish your creations.

Event Location:

Launch for Hire Boathouse

Event Category:

Benefit

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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