Gov. Newsom Slashes $11.5 Million for Performing Arts Fund, Devastating Bay Area Organizations

Cuts to public arts funding are now a one-two punch. On Wednesday, May 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom released a budget proposal eliminating the $11.5 million allocated to the state’s small nonprofits arts organizations through the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, or...
Sweetwater Music Hall Hosts ‘Live Dead & Brothers’ – Prepare to Rejoin the Mesmerizing Journey Through the Golden Era of Psychedelic Blues & the Seeds of the ‘Jam Band’ Scene

Sweetwater Music Hall Hosts ‘Live Dead & Brothers’ – Prepare to Rejoin the Mesmerizing Journey Through the Golden Era of Psychedelic Blues & the Seeds of the ‘Jam Band’ Scene

Prepare to rejoin the mesmerizing journey through the golden era of psychedelic blues and the seeds of the ‘jam band’ scene as Live Dead & Brothers takes the stage. Comprised of actual and legacy members from the extended Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers...
Bay Area Reporter: After Spahr Center’s Closure & With a Major Pride Event Set for June 7th in Mill Valley, The Marin LGBTQ+ Center Is Leasing Space from the Marin Multi-Cultural Center at 709 Fifth Ave.

Bay Area Reporter: After Spahr Center’s Closure & With a Major Pride Event Set for June 7th in Mill Valley, The Marin LGBTQ+ Center Is Leasing Space from the Marin Multi-Cultural Center at 709 Fifth Ave.

Community leaders gathered in downtown San Rafael recently to celebrate that Marin County again has an LGBTQ center. The new facility, which is currently being run entirely by volunteers, comes following last year’s closure of the Spahr Center after it ran out of...
Marin IJ Earns Statewide Awards For News Coverage, Photos, Opinion Section & Much More!

Marin IJ Earns Statewide Awards For News Coverage, Photos, Opinion Section & Much More!

The Marin Independent Journal has been a beacon of top-notch journalism for decades, and this year has been no different. The organization earned 20 awards — including five first-place honors — in an annual statewide journalism contest. The California News Publishers...