Dominican University of California has been named among the top 20 regional universities in the west by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of universities and colleges in the United States. The San Francisco Bay Area-based university has jumped five spots to number 18 in the Best … [Read more...] about Marin’s Dominican makes ‘Top 20’ list
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Let’s Talk: Marin helps parents talk with teens
Parents: you’ve got mail. The fourth annual issue of the “Let’s Talk and Let’s Start Talking” booklets have been sent to 5,000 Marin County families of local public and private schools. Available in English and Spanish, Let’s Talk was mailed to all incoming 9th-grade families and Let’s … [Read more...] about Let’s Talk: Marin helps parents talk with teens
Spin Around Marin: Open air painting in Sausalito, Sound Summit on Mt. Tam and internships at Spahr Center
Artists roaming Sausalito The First Annual Plein Air Show and Paint Out began last week in Sausalito and will continue through Sept. 10 at the Sausalito Center for the Arts, 750 Bridgeway. Sixteen renowned Plein Air artists will exhibit their framed work completed at other … [Read more...] about Spin Around Marin: Open air painting in Sausalito, Sound Summit on Mt. Tam and internships at Spahr Center
Marin is about to learn once again that in federal court the homeless are always more equal than permanent residents
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick You don’t need the powers of Nostradamus to know what’s likely to happen to San Rafael over its attempt to regulate homeless encampments. Homeless advocates asked for, and received, a temporary restraining order from a federal judge last week. … [Read more...] about Marin is about to learn once again that in federal court the homeless are always more equal than permanent residents
No. 1 rule in Marin: Don’t mess with seniors in the wild, especially when startled or threatened, or ‘how I got booed while speaking at the Novato Rotary Club’
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive I don’t often get booed when speaking publicly. That's mostly because I don’t often speak publicly. But, I was at the Sunrise Rotary Club on Tuesday talking to Rotarians at Moylan’s in Novato. The meeting started at 7 a.m. I arrived half an hour … [Read more...] about No. 1 rule in Marin: Don’t mess with seniors in the wild, especially when startled or threatened, or ‘how I got booed while speaking at the Novato Rotary Club’
This week’s ‘Spin Around Marin’: Theater, health care quality & Mill Valley Library talks
Novato Theater The Novato Theater Company’s first show of its 103rd season is The Addams Family. The show is based on the characters created by Charles Addams in his ghoulish cartoons with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. Opening on … [Read more...] about This week’s ‘Spin Around Marin’: Theater, health care quality & Mill Valley Library talks
Novato Theater Company announces 2023-24 season
The Novato Theater Company has announced its 2023-2024 season. The Adams Family will be presented Sept. 15 to Oct. 8, Monty Python’s Spamalot takes the stage Feb. 9, 2024, through March 3, 2024, and The Play That Goes Wrong will start June 21, 2024, and close July 14, 2024. For more … [Read more...] about Novato Theater Company announces 2023-24 season
Attention 9th graders and seniors: Prepare for college in Marin now
10,000 Degrees, a San Rafael-based organization dedicated to empowering students to enter and graduate college in Marin and seven other Bay Area counties, will hold its annual “College Opportunities Summit” on Aug. 1, and the “High School Readiness Summit” on Aug. 3 at College of Marin … [Read more...] about Attention 9th graders and seniors: Prepare for college in Marin now
Aldersly breaks ground on new facility in San Rafael
Aldersly, a San Rafael-based nonprofit Life Plan Community, held a ceremony to commemorate the official groundbreaking of the Marselisborg residence expansion on Wednesday, July 19. Participants of the groundbreaking ceremony Shannon Brown (Aldersly executive director), Peter Schakow (Aldersly board … [Read more...] about Aldersly breaks ground on new facility in San Rafael
Marin County strongly recommends vaccinating everyone 6-months and older for COVID
Marin County Special to Marinscope Preparing school-aged children for a healthy fall means staying up to date with immunizations. Routine childhood vaccinations are an important way to protect children - and the community - from serious diseases when they get back together on school campuses … [Read more...] about Marin County strongly recommends vaccinating everyone 6-months and older for COVID