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Apr 16, 2024
Autistry Studios Creates Community for Autistic Adults
My wonderfully offbeat friend, Ken Pontac, has told me for a dozen years about a magical place in San Rafael called Autistry Studios. Last week, I finally visited. Pontac, who recently began working there, wasn’t kidding.
Somehow, it...
Apr 16, 2024
The Backstory on ‘420’
In the smoky haze of counterculture and clandestine meetups, the term “420” whispers tales of rebellion, mystique and the universal language of cannabis aficionados. While the air is thick with rumors—an alleged police dispatch code or an...
Apr 16, 2024
On the Record: Watts Music’s Darin Chace
Record Store Day is April 20, so I thought, why not sit down with Darin Chace, owner of Watts Music in Novato? Appropriately enough for vinyl enthusiasts like me, the store is celebrating 45 years in business.
What...
A long-lost art form unto itself, the thrill of digging for vinyl records is slowly making a comeback.
The idea of finding that live Weather Report vinyl...
Apr 10, 2024
The Marin Chapter of the California Native Plant Society is celebrating half a century of service to the natural landscape of the North Bay and the...
Apr 16, 2024
Spoken Truth
Public speaking is a politician’s stock in trade. And President Joe Biden’s impressive words are fresh air in a long vacant house. That reminds me...
Apr 16, 2024
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I suspect two notable phenomena will coalesce in your sphere sometime soon. The first is a surplus supply of luck. I’m not...
