Panel Discussion: Coast Miwok Tribal Council of Marin Join members of the Coast Miwok Tribal Council of Marin for a panel discussion around their heritage, history, and current projects.The tribal council consists of documented descendants of the Coast Miwok people of Marin County, with roots in Marin that extend back thousands of years. In addition to advocacy efforts, the council is dedicated to sharing their culture and history, and presents with organizations across the county. Later on in the program, audience members are welcome to ask questions and engage in dialogue with the council. Recently, members of the council visited the Lagunitas School District (over Zoom) for a [...]

Artist Film Night Our next Artist Film Night is Monday, February 22, 2021! Our second featured film of the year is “Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang” about the Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and his highly-publicized public spectacles that fill the sky with shimmering fireworks or colorful smoke.  This film is stunning– beautiful and poignant. Available to watch on Netflix and on iTunes. We will be hosting the discussion about this film on Monday evening, February 22, 6:00-7:00 pm on ZOOM at the link here. Please check out this article to pique your interest in this excellent film! After you have watched Sky Ladder– please join us [...]

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer David Kennerly: Transitions of Power A very special event! Join the San Geronimo Valley Community Center for an incredible evening with Pulitzer Prize winner and former chief White House photographer David Hume Kennerly. David will show photos and talk about “Transitions of Power: Inaugurations from Washington to Biden.” He will discuss how our normally peaceful process was disrupted on Jan. 6, 2021. This exhibition will include photos by Kennerly from Nixon to Biden. This is a free event, but we encourage participants to donate. Help us keep events like these and our community-centric programs thriving! For more information and to register for please click the [...]

The San Geronimo Valley Community Center’s 3rd Virtual Sunday Artist Salon is very pleased to present The Tree of Life: Contemporary Majolica Ceramic Artwork by Liz Lauter. Join Liz for a live studio visit at her ceramics studio in Forest Knolls. You’ll see her gallery of colorful hand painted majolica tree of life candelabras, menorahs, sculptures and wares, all meticulously hand painted and hand built. She’ll share what inspires and influences her work and she’ll share her unique processes for building her pieces and decorating them. Time included for questions! Zoom will be sent out and available on our website next week. Come spend an hour with Liz [...]

Join us for the St. Patrick’s Day Talent Show and Virtual Be-In! For 31 years, the St. Patrick’s Day Talent Show has been a cornerstone event in our community. An amazing sharing of local youth talent and a wonderful fundraising event for scholarships for our youth programs. This tradition will continue in this pandemic year on Saturday, March 20, 2021, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm on ZOOM! This virtual Community Center event will once again be MC’d by Jasper Thelin and Alexander McQuilkin.We are putting out the call right now for children, youth and families to share images, or videos of up to one-minute, filled with song, [...]

Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire Please join us on March 22, 2021, at 6 pm for Artist Film Night! Debra Amerson and Larry Rippee co-host this once-a-month, fun event reimagined for our current zoom times. This month our discussion will be focused on the excellent film Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire, a documentary film that explores the brief, inspirational and tumultuous life of painter Carlos Almaraz. Almaraz was a visionary painter, a major figure in the Chicano Art Movement, founder of Los Four (the muralist collective whose members became the first Chicano artists to show at a major institution) regarded as one of the most influential Los Angeles [...]