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Point Reyes Light
Published September 23A space for belonging
Decades ago, Kate Kain arrived at Toby’s Feed Barn unsure how many people would show up for that night’s gay dance. But word had spread, and about 100 people trickled in, bundled in jackets to counter the cold that would melt away beneath a disco ball. “I remember, at the end,…
City of Belvedere
Published September 21Belvedere Home Made Film Festival: October 9
Join your neighbors in Belvedere Community Park on Friday, October 9 at 6:30pm for the third annual Belvedere Home Made Film Festival—an evening of locally created short films celebrating community, sponsored in part by the City of Belvedere. Come early to this free,…
Point Reyes Light
Published September 16Art in the Lobby, September 17, 2026
In the quiet of his Inverness Ridge home, sunlight shines through Gary Smith’s studio window onto a blank piece of watercolor paper. He dips a squirrel-hair mop brush into water, then pulls together red-brown and blue paints made from ground piemontite and blue apatite minerals…
Point Reyes Light
Published September 09Bringing the chamber to the listeners
Anticipating an unusually sweltering summer day, Jennifer Howard moved one of her casual house concerts to the Dance Palace, hoping to offer both the audience and musicians a cooler venue. What she found there was more than respite from the heat: the community center’s gorgeous…
City of San Rafael
Published September 04New Juried Art Exhibition To Open at Falkirk Cultural Center
A new juried art exhibition will open at San Rafael’s historic Falkirk Cultural Center on Friday, September 11, bringing together the work of 67 selected artists for an exploration of “Lines and Layers.” The multimedia exhibition brings together a wide range of artistic…