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Upcoming Events
Sweethearts of the Radio
Saturday, February 13, 8 p.m., doors open at
7 p.m. / $25
Advance tickets at www.kwmr.org
Info for pre-show reception: 663-8068 3#
KWMR presents the 7th Annual Concert of Acoustic Duets- including
Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum, Suzy and Eric Thompson,
Evie Ladin and Keith Terry
Elem, John Kael, Annie Staninec, Billy Pitrone and Sarah Eblen! A great lineup for this show - tickets on sale January 1 at www.kwmr.org
Spend Valentine’s Day with KWMR and some of the Bay Area’s most accomplished acoustic musical duos! |
Family Concert with Celia
Friday, February 19, 7:30 p.m.
$15 general, $10 seniors and kids. For more info contact: info@celiaonline.com
Celia is a cross between an Earthy Enya, Tori Amos, &……Gilda Radner. She dishes up fun for the whole family with the most delicious concoction of the silly and the sacred. She is an amazing multi-faceted artist. From powerful, heart-felt vocals to wacky comedic improvisations, you honestly never know what will happen with Celia on stage.
“She has a silky smooth voice that would be the envy of a choir angel and a sense of humor that would tickle the funny-bone of the dourest sour-puss around.”
Jack Daniels, Kudos Magazine. |
Point Reyes Books County Arts & Lectures:
T.C. Boyle- Author of Wild Child
Saturday, February 20, 7 p.m. / $10 tickets at the bookstore or online:
www.ptreyesbooks.com
T.C. Boyle—author of World’s End, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award; and Drop City, a National Book Award finalist—will read from his new collection of short stories, Wild Child. These stories address natural concerns—or, more precisely, nature run amok. The stories showcase Boyle’s mischievous humor, socially conscious sensibility, and his superb writing on the intersection of urbanity and wilderness. Presented by Point Reyes Books.
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Dance Palace Piano Concert Series - Tien Hsieh - Buy Tickets
Sunday, February 21, 4 p.m.
$20 general,
$18 seniors - download her program
As one reviewer from the San Francisco Bay Area recently quoted, “Serious, composed, tiny and full of music, Tien Hsieh lets her artistry on the piano express a warmth and freshness of ideas that surely none but a poet could explain.” Another reviewer said she “delivered electrifying performances of music of monumentally heroic difficulty. Works by Messiaen, Beethoven and finally Liszt’s Rhapsodie Espagnole were breathtaking in their technical quality and interpretive maturity.” Her Schumann Humoresque, Op. 20 was described as "Grand, relentless, madness explained, love caught through fingertips and galloping hooves trailing off to pastoral dreams.”
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Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion -Buy Tickets
Saturday, February 27, 8 p.m.
Special Dinner at 6 p.m.
$22 general, $20 seniors
One of the few ensembles in the United States that is dedicated to the performance of classic Cuban dance music, Danzon, a legendary ballroom style developed for the synchronization of African and European music in Cuba. This seven-piece group performs classics of the genre along with original compositions designed to keep the tradition alive and the music swinging. Come ready to dance! Special Cuban dinner at
6 p.m., $40 per person with no-host bar. Call for reservations by February 22. Sponsored by Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company and Cowgirl Creamery.
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A Simple Question: The Story of Straw
Sunday, February 28, 3 p.m. / $10 or donation
Info: 878-2929, ext. 27
An inspiring 35-minute film by award-winning filmmakers David Donnenfield and Kevin White. This film is about students and teachers restoring a watershed. From its inception in 1992 as a fourth-grade class project, they worked in collaboration with West Marin and Sonoma County ranchers; and the project grew into a larger program that has restored over 20 miles of creek and wetland habitat, galvanized the local community, and led to significant educational innovations. Presented by the Bay Institute Watershed Education. |
Aux Cajunals with Special Guest Brandon Moreau -Buy Tickets
Friday, March 5, 8 p.m.
$16 general,
$14 seniors
Cajun Dance featuring the Aux Cajunals with special guest Brandon Moreau. Suzy Thompson (Cajun accordion, fiddle, vocals), Eric Thompson (guitar) and Agi Ban (fiddle) will be joined by Brandon Moreau, a young Cajun fiddler and remarkable singer from Basile, Louisiana. The Aux Cajunals play the kind of old-fashioned Cajun dance music that would have been heard at a Louisiana house party back in the 1920s, with stomps, onesteps, twosteps, blues, and waltzes galore to keep folks busy on the dance floor. An informal dance lesson will start off the evening to get you started on the Cajun twostep and waltz.
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15th Annual Trivia Bee -Buy Tickets
Saturday, March 6, 7 p.m. Download a team application here!
Spectators $14 general, $12 seniors, $6 teens and kids,
to benefit the Dance Palace; Teams $120 advance registration
Test your knowledge of the significant to the mundane, in this 15th annual evening of wildly entertaining trivia. Topics for the Trivia Bee will include sports, television shows, movies, popular and classic literature, science, music, history, geography, and totally frivolous facts. Refreshments on sale to benefit the Dance Palace.
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The 76th Annual Inverness Garden Club Primrose Tea
Sunday, March 7, 3–5 p.m.
$15 by prepaid reservation only—by February 2
Info: 663-1488; For reservations:
Meg Linden, Box 309, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
Wear your party hat and plan to eat tea sandwiches, scones, and cookies, and enjoy pots of tea, while sharing an afternoon with friends at gaily decorated tea tables. This year’s theme is “in the land of Bonsai and cherry blossoms.” There will be a sale of lovely Japanese accessories and other special items. This is a not-to-be-missed community event!
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Keola and Moana Beamer -Buy Tickets
Saturday, March 13, 8 p.m.
$30 general,
$28 seniors
Keola and Moana Beamer are Hawaii’s First Couple, touring the world to present their unique vision of Hawaii’s cultural arts. Keola is a master of Slack Key—the mellow, melodic guitar style indigenous to Hawaii—and Moana is renowned for her mastery of authentic hula dancing. Together, their presentations bring to life the natural beauty and the cultural awareness that make Hawaii uniquely appealing. In the lilting melodies, the colorful words, and the expressive dance movements, the Aloha Spirit is brought full flower by Keola and Moana Beamer.
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Annual St. Partick's Day Festival and BBQ
Sunday, March 14, noon–4 p.m.
The Annual Festival and Barbecue is held indoors, rain or shine. The famous barbecued chicken dinner includes a half chicken for adults, a quarter chicken for children, pasta, salad, roll, ice cream, and milk or coffee. Tickets for the dinner and the famous raffle (first prize $1,200, second prize $700, third prize $500) are available at the door. There are games, booths, homemade baked goodies, wine, beer, other refreshments, and lots of family fun. Come enjoy a great afternoon of good food and fun. It’s a West Marin tradition—don’t miss it! Sponsored by Sacred Heart Church.
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Patrick Ball - O'Carolan's Farewell to Music -Buy Tickets
Saturday, March 20, 8 p.m.
$20 general,
$18 seniors
Conceived and performed by Patrick Ball, and written by Patrick Ball and Peter Glazer, this is a one-person musical theater piece which brings to the stage the legendary life, the turbulent times and the captivating music of this most celebrated Irish artist. Interspersed with performances of 14 of Carolan’s tunes played on the rare wire-strung harp, the play tells the harper’s story through the character of poet and harper, Charles MacCabe, Carolan’s life-long friend and traveling companion.
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Dance Palace Piano Concert Series: Tao Lin -Buy Tickets
Sunday, March 21, 4 p.m.
$20 general,
$18 seniors
Tao Lin’s appearances in Asia, North America, and Europe have brought unanimous critical accolades and praise for his subtle, intimate pianism and brilliant technique. A versatile musician, he is equally at home as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. “Excellent facility and keen musical intelligence, his Schumann and Brahms were broad and searching, his Beethoven was crisp, crystalline, and exhilarating.” —Miami Herald
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West Marin Health Coalition presents:
A special showing of “Money Driven Medicine”
Thursday, March 25,
7 - 9 pm
"One of the strongest documentaries I have seen in years and could not be more timely. The more people who see and talk about it, the more likely we are to get serious and true healthcare reform." - Bill Moyers |
Milenko Matanovic
Friday, March 26th, 7 p.m.
Voluntary donation
Milenko Matanovic was an artist in the former Soviet Union who came to the U.S. and turned his focus to the creation of common spaces in which the life of a community can flourish. His Pomegranate Center - http://www.pomegranate.org/ has worked with communities all over the U.S. to design and build village greens and pocket parks that embody what is unique about each particular place. Milenko will talk about his projects and the thinking behind them; and he will help us explore the possibilities for a village green in Point Reyes Station. Sponsored by West Marin Commons. |
E-Waste Day
Saturday, March 27, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. / free
Free electronic pickup for televisions, computer monitors, car batteries, cameras, cell phones, copy machines, DVD players, fax machines, inkjet cartridges, keyboards, modems, phones, printers, radios, scanners, stereos, power supplies, and hard drives. Sponsored by the Dance Palace.
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Turtle Island String Quartet - Buy Tickets
Saturday, March 27, 8 p.m.
$30 general,
$28 seniors
Its name is derived from creation mythology found in Native American folklore. The Turtle Island Quartet, since its inception in 1985, has been a singular force in the creation of bold, new trends in chamber music for strings. Winner of the 2006 and, most recently, the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, Turtle Island fuses the classical quartet esthetic with contemporary American musical styles; and by devising a performance practice that honors both, the state of the art has inevitably been redefined. Cellist nonpareil Yo-Yo Ma has proclaimed
TIQ to be “a unified voice that truly breaks new ground—authentic and passionate—a reflection of some of the most creative music-making today.” |
Milk Drive and Joy Kills Sorrow
Friday April 2,
8 p.m.
$15 General Admission
Join us for an incredible evening of acoustic music featuring these two these two fine upcoming young bands. MilkDrive (http://milkdrive.goingplacesmusic.com/) is an acoustic band and plays original instrumentals influenced by jazz, bluegrass, and progressive acoustic music: Noah Jeffries - Guitar, Dennis Ludiker - Mandolin, Brian Beken - Fiddle, Matt Mefford - Bass. Joy Kills Sorrow (http://www.joykillssorrow.com) is: Wes Corbett - banjo, Matt Arcara - guitar, Emma Beaton - voice, Jacob Jolliff - mandolin, Bridget Kearney - double bass. With its bold new brand of acoustic music, Joy Kills Sorrow pushes right through the envelope and out the other side.
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Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas- Buy Tickets
Friday, April 9, 8 p.m. / $22 general, $20 seniors
This is Scottish fiddle and cello music of unrivaled beauty, eloquence, and passion. “You would think they’d been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly. Then [Haas] opens her cello’s throat, joining Fraser in soaring sustains, windswept refrains, and sudden, jazzy explosions. Their sound is as urbane as a Manhattan midnight, and as wild as a Clakmannan [Scotland] winter.” —Boston Globe
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To Live is So Startling- performance and talk with
Nina Wise and Michael Lerner - Buy Tickets
Saturday, April 17, 8 p.m.
$22 general,
$20 seniors
Nina Wise has been described by a New York Times columnist as “a metaphysical vaudevillian for the new millennium.” Wise has invented a compelling form of physical autobiographical theater called Motion Theater. Her unique performances thoroughly integrate movement and narrative in a seamless unfolding that brings one to tears, laughter, and deep sighs of recognition about the human condition.
Michael Lerner is president of Commonweal, the recipient of a MacArthur Prize Fellowship, and co-founder of Commonweal Cancer Help Program, which was featured in Bill Moyer’s award-winning PBS series Healing and the Mind. He is the author of Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer. |
Recycle Circus
Sunday, April 18, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. / free
The Recycle Circus is coming! Accepted items are
usable books, sports equipment, clothes, garden items, toys, building supplies, and kitchen and household items. NO toxins, car tires, large appliances, stuffed furniture, mattresses, or computers. Please bring your stuff between 10 a.m.–2 p.m. only. The Recycle Circus is brought to you free by the volunteer efforts of Waste Free Now. To volunteer, contact Madeline Hope at 663-9087.
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West Marin Dance Party
Friday, April 23, 7:30–10 p.m. / $6
For grades 6, 7, and 8. Featuring a professional disc jockey from
Portable Party Crew-West.
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Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival
April 23–25, Friday, 1–9 p.m.;
Saturday, 9 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Info at EAC: 663-9312 or eac@svn.net
Point Reyes Birding and (Nature) Festival
The first-ever Point Reyes Birding (and Nature) Festival will allow the public to enjoy and understand the amazing birds and other natural resources of the Point Reyes Peninsula and other outstanding West Marin and Sonoma habitats. Sponsored by the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin with help from PRNSA, PRBO, Point Reyes National Seashore and many others, the public will join top expert birders and naturalists on walks, boat tours, and at lectures. Sign up at www.eacmarin.org. Don’t wait to register at the event, since many walks will fill up in advance.
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