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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.

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Apr 07, 2022 |

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Marin Filmmaker Shares Stories of Chinese Arrivals at Angel Island

BY Pamela Coddington

Marin resident and filmmaker Felicia Lowe shares the stories of Chinese who passed through the island during the Chinese Exclusion Act period

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Oct 28, 2021 |

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DIRECTOR PROFILE: Oshalla Diana Marcus, Marin City Arts and Culture

BY Kate Fitzsimmons

Marin City Arts and Culture (MC Arts), a membership collective of Black artists, opened in October 2020 with an outdoor Mardi Gras Masquerade. The new art center's founder, Oshalla Diane Marcus, is a Marin City native and an actress, dancer, entrepreneur, and community leader who believes in the power of community and creativity.

Tags: _2021-Q4-Fall, art, art education, diverse_voices, galleries, marin city, visual arts

Sep 28, 2021 |

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Students Reaching for Their Dreams Thanks to Equity in Arts Education

BY Kate Fitzsimmons

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.

Tags: _2021-Q3-Summer, art, art education, diverse_voices, music, san rafael, visual arts

Mar 02, 2021 |

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Pandemic Pivot: O’Hanlon Center’s Commitment to Diversify

BY Paula Farmer

In the aftermath of Covid-19 shutdowns, the Marin-based O’Hanlon Center for the Arts has had a unique set of challenges throughout the pandemic. With the subsequent murder of George Floyd and rise of the Black Lives Matter movement last year, further adjustments were made, and in some instances, the Center thrived.

Tags: _2021-Q1-Winter, art, art exhibits, covid-19, diverse_voices, galleries, literature, mill valley, visual arts

Oct 13, 2020 |

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Q&A with Marin Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Jasson Minadakis

BY Kate Fitzsimmons

MTC is planning a season with multiple digital projects that people can view from their own homes' safety, may go outdoors, go indoors if conditions permit, use the best science, all conditional on the safety of people while following all the protocols.

Tags: _2020-Q4-Fall, covid-19, diverse_voices, live performance, mill valley, theater

Jul 06, 2020 |

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Meaningful Connections: My Experience in The Well-Read Black Girl Book Club

BY Paula Farmer

If you had told me even two years ago that I would be participating in a book club, let alone heading one up, I would have assumed you didn’t know me very well. That changed last fall when I was approached by my boss at Book Passage to consider organizing a chapter of The Well-Read Black Girl book group.

Tags: _2020-Q3-Summer, book clubs, book passage, books, diverse_voices, literature

Apr 24, 2020 |

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The Challenges of Documentary Filmmaking: Theo Rigby Tells Immigrant Stories

BY Paula Farmer

For the past four years, San Francisco-based filmmaker Theo Rigby has been developing a documentary called “Sanctuary Rising.” It follows the stories of two undocumented mothers who go to dramatic lengths to fend off deportation and separation from their families in the U.S.

Tags: _2020-Q2-Spring, diverse_voices, documentary filmmaking, film, san rafael

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