Save the Date: Sunday Jan 31 2016 The Helsinki Baltic Herring Fair is the oldest traditional event in Helsinki, since 1743. Not nearly as long-running but no less short on ambition, or establishing tradition, is our own Sausalito Herring Festival, now in its 4th year. Admission to the event is free. A...
I’m Ink, Therefore I Am: the Wit and Gentle Humor of Phil Frank On January 30 the Sausalito Public Library’s documentary film series moves to the Sausalito Woman’s Club for a special Saturday evening tribute to Phil Frank, the cartoonist, writer and historian who was one of Sausalito’s most beloved residents until he...
The Sausalito Public Library’s documentary series continues with short films that feature two of Sausalito’s most celebrated residents: artist Jean Varda and philosopher Alan Watts. Uncle Yanco is the beautifully remastered 2015 version of Greek filmmaker Agnes Varda’s 1967 film about the life and ideas of her distant relative Jean Varda, who...
In the ’80s, my lady friend Sharron and I were regulars at the old Marin City Flea Market. It had been around for decades, and was considered among the biggest and finest flea markets in the Bay Area. Sharron was a true flea market aficionado—she bought most of her clothes...
This year’s Sausalito Public Library documentary series begins with screenings of two films about Sausalito’s anchor-out community. Ale Ekstrom’s Boat House is a 2013 short made for KQED News by Noam Eshel and Sam Harnett. The film is a moving tribute to the live-aboard who was the community’s longest resident...
Returning on foot from pancakes at the Lighthouse, we find two people playing Heart and Soul on a found-art piano near Dunphy Park. Laughter and music fill the air and we applaud their impromptu performance. Later, I do some research on Google and discover The Larry Clinton Orchestra, Heart and Soul,...