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December 2019
Sing Along Messiah
Join us for one of our community’s most fulfilling holiday events at this sing-along of Handel's Messiah. Fun for music lovers and listeners of all ages; no experience necessary. Directed by Molly Maguire and accompanist Bill Quist. The local choir will be joined by soloists from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. If you would like a rehearsal CD contact bolinasbayperformingarts@gmail.com. Call (415) 663-1075 for more information. Tickets: $20 general admission, $18 seniors, $5 for youths under 18 (Tickets at the Door:…
Find out more »January 2020
Amahl and the Night Visitors
The West Marin Players and The Dance Palace proudly present Gian Carlos Menatti's opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors." Based on Italian folk tales of the Nativity and Epiphany, Gian Carlo Menottis Amahl & the Night Visitors is a retelling of the story of the Magi from the point of view of a young disabled boy named Amahl, who lives in poverty with his widowed mother near Bethlehem. He sees a bright star in the sky one night and tells…
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The West Marin Players and The Dance Palace proudly present Gian Carlos Menatti's opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors." Based on Italian folk tales of the Nativity and Epiphany, Gian Carlo Menottis Amahl & the Night Visitors is a retelling of the story of the Magi from the point of view of a young disabled boy named Amahl, who lives in poverty with his widowed mother near Bethlehem. He sees a bright star in the sky one night and tells…
Find out more »Charged Particles: Jazz with a Spark! Concert
Charged Particles Jazz Concert The most exciting and creative music being made today crosses stylistic boundaries and blends diverse traditions to create engaging new sounds. Charged Particles features three of the country's virtuosos doing just that in the acoustic and electric jazz arena. Murray Low is a keyboard wizard with dazzling Latin-jazz technique and imaginative improvisational skills. Aaron Germain is an inventive and sophisticated acoustic and electric bassist. Along with fiery drummer Jon Krosnick, these players are making some of…
Find out more »May 2020
ONLINE! 10×10 Performance Lab & Variety Show – via Zoom
Join us online for the first ever 10x10 Performance Lab & Variety Show on Zoom and help us raise money for the Dance Palace in Point Reyes! About this Event We are taking 10x10 Performance Lab & Variety Show to Zoom! And raising money for the Dance Palace in Point Reyes Station! Once you register, you will receive an email with a link to the show and an opportunity to donate to the Dance Palace. See 10 performances that are…
Find out more »June 2020
DP Kids Musical Theater Presents: The Show Must Go Online!
The Dance Palace Kids Musical Theater presents:The Show Must Go Online!A Virtual Musical presented through special arrangement with Beat by Beat PressDirected by Melissa Claire, with a cast of West Marin kidsPlease support West Marin's young actors as they share the hilarious story of a group of passionate students desperate to keep their annual musical alive…online!There is no cost for the show, but donations to the Dance Palace are gratefully accepted. You can donate any amount online at:https://dancepalace.org/donate-now/At 5pm, join…
Find out more »Virtual Dance Palace Camp
Week 1 Ver este evento en español Virtual Dance Palace Camp 2020 is coming to town! We have created a fabulous online camp line-up for you this summer! We will join together via Zoom on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 9:00am - 11:30 am for a diverse range of interactive and creative activities that stimulate creativity, community, movement, and silly fun! These activities will be appropriate for campers aged 6-12, safe to do at home, and will make use…
Find out more »Virtual Dance Palace Camp – Week 2
Ver este evento en Español We have created a fabulous online camp line-up for you this summer! We will join together via Zoom on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 9:00am - 11:30am for a diverse range of interactive and creative activities that stimulate creativity, community, movement, and silly fun! These activities will be appropriate for campers aged 6-12, safe to do at home, and will make use of resources that families already have in the home. Schedule of Activities…
Find out more »July 2020
Virtual Dance Palace Camp – Week 3
Ver este evento en Español Virtual Dance Palace Camp 2020 continues! We join together via Zoom on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 9:00am - 11:30am for a diverse range of interactive and creative activities that stimulate creativity, community, movement, and silly fun! These activities will be appropriate for campers aged 6-12, safe to do at home, and will make sue of resources that families already have. Week 3 (6/29 - 7/3): Dreams & Stories - What kinds of stories…
Find out more »Virtual Dance Palace Camp – Week 4
Ver este evento en Español We join together via Zoom on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 9:00am - 11:30am for a diverse range of interactive and creative activities that stimulate creativity, community, movement, and silly fun! These activities will be appropriate for campers aged 6-12, safe to do at home, and will make sue of resources that families already have. Week 4 (7/6 - 7/10): Friendship & Favorites - Why is friendship so important and what can we create…
Find out more »August 2020
David Sheff – Buddhist on Death Row — Presented by Point Reyes Books & The Dance Palace
Bestselling author David Sheff in conversation with Ken Otter and Jarvis Jay Masters About this Event David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy, joins Point Reyes Books and the Dance Palace for a virtual event for his new book, The Buddhist on Death Row. David will be in conversation with Ken Otter. Jarvis Jay Masters will join in by phone. This event will be streamed via Zoom in conjunction with the Dance Palace in Point Reyes Station. Register here and you receive an email with…
Find out more »October 2020
SWIMMING AROUND in West Marin’s Past – a virtual and visual history talk with Dewey Livingston
Dewey Livingston presents another fascinating trip into West Marin's past, with a program featuring old photographs, maps, and news items. He will show how early surveyors depicted long gone (and some still here) landmarks and place names; a 1900-era Inverness family photo album will be dissected; and tidbits from the Marin County Journal, Petaluma Argus-Courier, and Point Reyes Light will add some fun. The program benefits both the Dance Palace and the Jack Mason Museum; donations are encouraged but everyone…
Find out more »Art Reception – Laurel Ann “LA” Riley
Laurel Ann "LA" Riley, locally-grown emerging artist and educator, presents a new body of work, "Home Inside," in the Dance Palace Art Committee's inaugural online art show. LA uses watercolor mixed-media to tell visual stories about the magic and emotional landscape of everyday life. Through vivid brush-strokes and playful colors, the work combines natural and architectural elements, self-portraits and poetry, exploring dreams, inverted worlds, and the experience of being alive in a body. This collection has been created over the…
Find out more »Can a Science of Synchronicity Change Our Lives? – A LIVE Zoom presentation from The Dance Palace and Sky Nelson-Isaacs
Can a Science of Synchronicity Change Our Lives? - A LIVE Zoom presentation from The Dance Palace and Sky Nelson-Isaacs Sunday, October 18 4:00pm - Free, donations accepted - fundraiser for the Dance Palace. To donate, please visit www.dancepalace.org/donate-now and mention this event by name in the comments section. Registration Required - Click here to register on Eventbrite (Registration closes 60 minutes before the event start time) When we listen to synchronicity, we experience more flow. Sky Nelson-Isaacs started The…
Find out more »Can Comics Save Our Democracy? A Conversation with the Author & Illustrator
Saturday, October 24 7:00pm Registration required; registration ends 60 minutes prior to event start. Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy is a new, nonfiction graphic novel by Daniel G. Newman with art by George O’Connor, outlining key problems in American democracy, proven solutions, and stories of activists working to effect change. The book documents the corrosive influence of money in politics, gerrymandering, voter suppression, the failings of the electoral college, flaws in our current voting methods and more — and…
Find out more »November 2020
Artist Reception with Carol Whitman
Carol Whitman moved to West Marin from London in 1971. She’s lived there since then, with temporary moves to Baltimore and Berkeley. She raised her son Max here. She held many jobs, from school bus driver to medical assistant. After surviving a health crisis she returned to school and got a bachelor’s degree in Nursing, and a Master’s in Public Health. She worked in health care for many years. She always wanted to be an artist, but never felt like…
Find out more »Engaging In A New World with Synchronicity and Flow
Engaging In A New World with Synchronicity and Flow A Deep-Dive Workshop from the Dance Palace & Sky Nelson-Isaacs Sunday, November 15, 2020 3:00pm - 6:30pm Workshop Fee: $45 per attendee Registration is required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to the start time, or when the workshop sells out. $45 per attendee; reserve your space on EVENTBRITE The Synchronicity Institute, founded by Point Reyes native Sky Nelson-Isaacs, focuses on the highest level vision for who we want to be. Our…
Find out more »December 2020
Sound Healing Meditation – Reiki Vocal with Nuria Pucci
Registration required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to event start. Sound Healing Meditation - Reiki Vocal with Nuria Pucci Nuria Pucci is a singer, therapist, bio-decoder, and the creator of the Reiki Vocal® technique. At a very young age, she began to study Eastern philosophies and energetic and expressive techniques, such as bioenergy, body expression, contact dance, and meditation. She combines it all in an innovative technique called Reiki Vocal®, which promotes and enables singing and healing, exploring and expressing…
Find out more »Artist Reception with Sarah Killingsworth – Dance Palace Artist for December 2020
FREE -- Registration required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to event start. Wildlife Portraits during the Pandemic Sarah Killingsworth is a Marin County-based wildlife educator and conservation photographer. Her photographs are the result of countless hours in the wilderness of the Point Reyes National Seashore watching and capturing animal behavior. Sarah is passionate about sharing the magic of our wilderness areas with children, both by bringing the wild into classrooms, and in getting our youth outdoors, to learn about their…
Find out more »Wild Cats & Dogs of Point Reyes National Seashore – A Talk with Sarah Killingsworth
FREE -- Registration required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to event start. Wild Cats and Dogs of Point Reyes National Seashore - A Talk with Sarah Killingsworth Join Dance Palace gallery artist, wildlife photographer and Project Coyote Wildlife Educator Sarah Killingsworth for a Kids’ talk about Point Reyes Wildlife. This will be an interactive presentation, with fun facts, amazing wildlife photos and lots of time for questions. This event is appropriate for kids between the ages of 7-14 years old.…
Find out more »January 2021
Sydne Bortel – January Dance Palace Lobby Artist
Sydne is excited by deeply saturated colors as well as the quieter, subtle Japanese inspired work. Her inspiration for many of the quilts includes themes of nature, cultural and social issues, working with young school children in English language learners elementary school classes, travel, Japanese fabric and art, workshops, classes, other quilt artists, and the fabric itself. Cotton fabric predominates in most of her work, with cotton and other fabric in her appliqué. Sydne began quilting in 1982, 11 years…
Find out more »Artist Reception with Sydne Bortel – Dance Palace Artist for January
Registration required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to event start. Join fiber artist Sydne Bortel as she discusses her artistic process during her virtual art reception. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session. The online gallery will be available for viewing on the Dance Palace Online Gallery for the month of January. Sydne is excited by deeply saturated colors as well as…
Find out more »February 2021
Shirley Salzman – February Dance Palace Lobby Artist
Shirley Salzman - February Dance Palace Lobby Artist Shirley Salzman is a local artist who spends time in the woods or on the beach then in her studio painting whatever inspires her. The works on paper or canvas are usually landscapes or abstracts but one year she produced hundreds of tiny wooden houses. Another year she painted only bull kelp. Years ago she spent time making sacreligious collages. She graduated in art from Berkeley in the 60s and continues to…
Find out more »Art Reception with Shirley Salzman – Dance Palace Artist for February 2021
Registration required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to event start. Art Reception with Shirley Salzman - Dance Palace Artist for February 2021 Join artist Shirley Salzman as she tells stories about her creative journeys through life and art. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session. Shirley Salzman is a local artist who spends time in the woods or on the beach then…
Find out more »March 2021
Artist Reception with Sue Gonzalez – Dance Palace Artist for March 2021
Registration required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to event start. Join Sue Gonzalez as she talks about her paintings and her creative journey. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session. This event is free; donations are encouraged. To donate, please visit one of these locations and mention this event by name: Dance Palace website, PayPal, or Venmo. Please note: –Registration is required;…
Find out more »Leap to Wholeness: Virtual Book Release
Registration Required-Space Limited Leap to Wholeness: Virtual Book Release Leap to Wholeness is an exploration of the real science of wholeness. How has our world been shaped by a worldview of separateness? How has modern science--which has opened up our vista in so many ways--also limited what we can perceive? Leap to Wholeness explores the physics of filters, both those used in the laboratory and those within our own minds and hearts. We can become better at “seeing how we…
Find out more »April 2021
Artist Reception with Shelley Rugg – Dance Palace Artist for April 2021
Join Shelley Rugg as she talks about her artwork in her "Tree Portraits" series. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session. Shelley Rugg grew up and came of age in Long Beach, and now lives in Marin County where she is literally surrounded by trees. Shelley studied drawing and painting at CSULB and is best known for her portraits of people. Shelley…
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