Archive for December 2024

North Bay Pizza Week: From January 8-19, 2025, local pizza establishments and restaurants that serve pizza can offer special pies, slices and pricing to encourage customers to visit local establishments. As a registered participant in North Bay Pizza Week, you earn special pricing to market your pizza specials. BASIC PACKAGE $250* Logo, pizza, location, map…

Another Reclaimed Treasure from Trash (ARTT) was recently founded by Crystal Lynn Vargas and Michelle Hope Martinez local moms, longtime friends, colleagues, burners (Burning Man enthusiasts) and artists. ARTT’s mission is to advance recycling efforts, use reclaimed/recycled materials to create works of art and provide a space and opportunity for local artists to do the…

The Downtown San Rafael Arts District (DSRAD) has been hard at work over the past few years, fostering creativity and community through dynamic programming, artist collaborations, events, and more. These efforts have brought new energy to downtown, as you will read on the press page. Our brand-new website, www.dsrad.org, features all of the recent programming…

SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL – MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2024 SPECIAL MEETING AT 5:30 P.M. San Rafael City Hall, Council Chambers 1400 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901 Watch online: https://tinyurl.com/cc-2024-12-16 or www.youtube.com/cityofsanrafael Listen by phone: (669) 444-9171 ID: 860-6190-5675# One Tap Mobile: +16694449171,,86061905675# US   Agenda Item #6: Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) Assessment Annual Renewal Resolution…

Pacific Sun Article, Isabella Cook, Dec 3, 2024: The heart of Marin County is amid an artistic renaissance, thanks to downtown San Rafael. “San Rafael’s artistic culture is the heartbeat of Marin County, a vibrant blend of diverse arts offerings and contemporary creativity that brings the community to life,” said Elisabeth Setten, executive director of…

“SMU DataArts, the National Center for Arts Research recognizes and celebrates the Top 40 communities according to our 2024 Arts Vibrancy Index. Shifts in arts participation, rising costs, the winding down of unprecedented levels of relief funding, as well as long-standing inequities in access, funding, and employment continue to challenge arts communities—yet the undeniable richness that arts and culture bring to society endures. When…