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submitted by Grace 238 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago
MORE THAN a decade ago, Marin's Kerry Tepperman got a phone call from her cousin, a Peninsula glass artist and glassblower, to come to - a glass pumpkin patch?
Tepperman paused for so long, she recalled with a laugh, that he said, "This isn't one of those...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 205 weeks 5 days 19 hours 30 minutes ago
Trey Anastasio probably wouldn't be confused with a folk act, even if the former frontman for the jam band Phish stepped on stage solo with an acoustic guitar. The same goes for the Black Crowes, whose bluesy guitar-driven rock would easily drown out the average acoustic...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Green Living 135 weeks 2 days 19 hours 4 minutes ago
At the edge of the dwindling forest in southern Brazil, a small group of Guaraní attempt to reclaim their ancestral lands by any means necessary. The Guaraní no longer accept the authority of wealthy farmers who own the land. Tension develops as the Guaraní settle on...(more)
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submitted by Grace 187 weeks 2 days 2 hours 55 minutes ago
In a sweltering room in Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghans and an invited guest from America stood in rapt attention as the lock to an old safe was undone. Afghanistan's past was in that safe - a past that extended beyond the time of Alexander the Great, when...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Batboy's revenge! 234 weeks 4 days 20 hours 33 minutes ago
This morning, as cash registers buzz and throngs of Bay Area shoppers pony up for iPods, Hannah Montana dolls and flat-screen TVs, John Perry and his family will be 80 miles away hiking the Sonoma County coast.
Bill Buehlman, a social worker and nursing student, will be...(more)
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn for team Urban farming 104 weeks 2 days 2 hours 27 minutes ago
If the thought of keeping backyard chickens intrigues, pack up the kids (and the bikes) and head to Alameda on Sunday for a one-of-a-kind field trip experience.
To show off a sampling of the city's various backyard chicken coop arrangements, the Alameda Backyard Chickens group hosts its...(more)
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submitted by M Walker 256 weeks 3 days 23 hours 18 minutes ago
If you're a visitor to our fine city, this is a good overview of events. Now if they can just keep the muni running long enough to get people where they need to go....
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submitted by Augie Brown 211 weeks 2 days 16 hours 1 minute ago
Bamboula 2000 brought its Imagination Tour to the Kids' Tent of the Jazz and Heritage Festival Saturday afternoon. Bamboula members Luther Gray, Jamilah Peters-Muhammad, Torrence Taylor, Giselle Nakhid, and Gwendolyn Richardson welcomed the Ashé Drum Circle as their special guests. The Ashé Drum Circle performers for...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 145 weeks 2 days 23 hours 53 minutes ago
The annual gathering of the faithful was well under way Saturday as the music began at noon in downtown San Jose. We've been seeing them for 20 years now, those San Jose Jazz Festival early birds, streaming into the Plaza de Cesar Chavez with their lawn...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Batboy's revenge! 189 weeks 1 day 11 hours 9 minutes ago
A good pair of binoculars and an even better pair of earplugs might come in handy this week as the giant ships and the noisy jets return for Fleet Week in San Francisco.
The window-rattling Blue Angels will be flying for four straight afternoons, with practice flights...(more)
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submitted by Lisa 247 weeks 5 days 9 hours 42 minutes ago
he San Anselmo Library has planned its September book sale a week later than usual because of the Labor Day holiday. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 8 at the library's 110 Tunstead Ave. location.
For more information, call 258-4656.
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submitted by ollie 248 weeks 4 days 20 hours 54 minutes ago
The Marina Fountain has an exciting weekend of music coming up - climaxing in true bank holiday weekender style with Who tribute band.
Brighton based mod favourites Quadrophenia will be playing on Monday August 27 and their appearance is sure to have an army of mods and...(more)
