Queer Prom The Spahr Center will host a “Queer Prom” for kids in the high school class of 2023. The event takes place Friday, June 23. For tickets, contact the Spahr Center. State rejects housing plan The state of California rejected Belvedere’s eight-year housing plan to … [Read more...] about Spin Around Marin: Queer prom, anchor-outs dwindling in number and Tiburon gets hammered for its housing plan by the state
Mill Valley
Move Binford Road semi-mobile homeless camp to Muir Woods
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive I don’t know if I’d call it “amazing” how so many people claim to love and protect Marin’s environment, only then to shrug a collective shoulder at the Binford Road homeless encampment. “Strange” might be a better word. Protecting the environment … [Read more...] about Move Binford Road semi-mobile homeless camp to Muir Woods
Author Dave Eggers at Book Passage in Corte Madera
Dave Eggers author of “The Eyes and the Impossible,” will be at the Corte Madera Book Passage store 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 17. The Eyes and the Impossible is the story of a dog named Johannes. Johannes is a free dog, a fast dog—such a fast dog! He lives in an urban park by the sea, and every … [Read more...] about Author Dave Eggers at Book Passage in Corte Madera
New Hollywood diversity rules a timely topic for this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive Every October Marin becomes the center of the movie-making planet when the Mill Valley Film Festival kicks off, featuring scores of renowned films. Marin’s hard core movie aficionados are in heaven. I’m not quite in the aficionados category. But, I do … [Read more...] about New Hollywood diversity rules a timely topic for this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival
28 new Marin Search & Rescue cadets welcomed and ready for work
For the full Marinscope experience, go to NovatoAdvance-ca.newsmemory.com. … [Read more...] about 28 new Marin Search & Rescue cadets welcomed and ready for work
Binford Road protest scheduled in front of Eric Lucan’s birthday fundraiser
Novato Advance Marinscope Members of a group calling itself the “Friends of Rush Creek” are planning to protest on Friday in front of a fundraiser for Marin County Board of Supervisor Eric Lucan. Lucan is holding a $75-per-plate birthday fundraiser for himself at 5400 Hanna Ranch Road … [Read more...] about Binford Road protest scheduled in front of Eric Lucan’s birthday fundraiser
Highway 37 set to close for railroad crossing repair
The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART) announced that SMART contractor Stacy and Witbeck will close State Highway 37 to reconstruct the railroad crossing near the junction with Highway 121 at Sears Point on Saturday, May 20, at 3:00 a.m. and will reopen on Sunday, May 21, at 11 … [Read more...] about Highway 37 set to close for railroad crossing repair
This week’s ‘Spin Around Marin’
Fairfax library improvement Improvements to the Fairfax Library are set to begin May 15, resulting in a closure of the branch through May 24. The Marin County Free Library Facility at 2097 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard will be brought up to code for smoke detection and fire suppression … [Read more...] about This week’s ‘Spin Around Marin’
Xylazine (‘Tranq’) detected in Marin’s wastewater; COVID-19 officially declared over
Last week, Marin County Public Health issued a Public Health Advisory to local clinicians after xylazine, a potent tranquilizer, was detected in Marin County wastewater. Wastewater has emerged as a valuable tool for measuring virus levels and detecting substances of … [Read more...] about Xylazine (‘Tranq’) detected in Marin’s wastewater; COVID-19 officially declared over
Aren’t you glad we banned plastic straws?
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive This column specializes in “fart in the elevator” questions. Here’s a good one for Marin elected officials. You’re hell on plastic straws, banning them under the woke rubric that they contribute to a trashy environment. Now, we’re on the verge of … [Read more...] about Aren’t you glad we banned plastic straws?