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As the event for Día de Las Muertos in San Rafael grows, Multicultural Center of Marin’s organizing committee begins to meet each year in March. The event is possible thanks to the support of Marin Community Foundation along with local restaurants, local business sponsors, in-kind donation providers, and other nonprofits that join the efforts.
Marin resident and filmmaker Felicia Lowe shares the stories of Chinese who passed through the island during the Chinese Exclusion Act period
Musicians suffered during the pandemic when music venues were shuttered and stage experiences were in short supply. Luckily, even though some of Marin’s great establishments closed their doors, others like Smileys, Mac’s and Sweetwater took time to reinvent themselves in ways that will support emerging talent even more.
Zoe Dering is a former pastry chef who took five years off and emerged on the other side as a celebrated ceramic artist. Based in the rural western part of the county, Dering is part of Marin's current and long tradition of ceramic creators.
Making a full-time living as a musician has always been difficult. The shrinking availability of performance spaces makes it even more challenging in Marin’s post-COVID economy.
Before the holidays in December, I visited David Maisel in his new studio at Headlands Center for the Arts when he was in his third month of being engrossed in his new practice. I witnessed his artistic transition from photographs to paintings in person.
High school seniors start college applications this Fall. One from San Rafael's Canal neighborhood is reaching for some top colleges. Jane Kramer, of Enriching Lives Through Music, thinks she'll succeed at her dreams. Like ELM, Youth in Arts has seen students blossom from the arts when any subject integrates visual arts, drama, dance, and music.
The New Media Learning Center has partnered with local artists from Marin's Italian Street Painting Festival to create a courtyard floor mural that celebrates the theme of STREAM —science, technology, reading, art, and math.
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Matt Jaffe admits it's been hard not being able to practice with his band, The Distractions, through Covid. Throughs all of this, Jaffe has continued volunteering with Bread & Roses Presents (B&R), the well-loved Marin treasure that provides entertainment for isolated audiences.
Marin’s dance companies like Julia Adam Dance and Alonzo King LINES are exploring as they find creative ways to stay viable in a pandemic.
By Kate Fitzsimmons
By Pamela Coddington
By MarinArts Staff
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