"West Marin Wild"
September 3 - 5

Marin’s top artists and photographers will be showing and selling works featuring the wildlife, wild waters, and wild beauty of West Marin at the Point Reyes National Seashore over the Labor Day weekend.

West Marin Wild is a benefit for the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, a Point Reyes Station-based grassroots activist group, founded in 1971, that counts among its accomplishments getting jetskis banned from the Marin coast and Tomales Bay.

* WHEN: September 3-5, 2005

* WHERE: Point Reyes National Seashore HQ, Olema

* TICKETS: Admission is free

* ARTISTS RECEPTION AND PREVIEW SALE:
Friday, September 2, 5-8 pm -- $40 per person ($30 for members)Information and Tickets ... (Click Here)

"A Taste of Marin" Marin
September 9th

Come celebrate A Taste of Marin, showcasing Marin's delicious bounty by honoring the people who bring it from the fields to our tables. Featured Chef's and restaurants: Comforts, Olema Inn & Restaurant, Station House Café, Sam’s Anchor Café, Indian Peach Food Company, Insalata’s, Fish, Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop & Eatery, William Tell Restaurant & Bar, Small Shed Flatbreads, Sol Food, Manka’s Inverness Lodge.

Featured Farmers and artisan producers: AllStar Organics, Anna’s Daughters Bakery, Cow Track Ranch, Marin Sun Farms, Marin Roots Farm, Chileno Valley Ranch, Little Organic Farm, Drake’s Bay Food Company, Drake’s Bay Oyster Company & Drake’s Bay Beef, Fresh Run Farm, McEvoy Ranch,Sartori Farm, Straus Family Creamery, Star Route Farm, Devil’s Gulch Ranch, Marshall Honey, Hog Island Oyster Company, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company,Coast Roast Coffee, Paradise Valley Produce, Cowgirl Creamery, Fairfax Fresh, Draper Farm, La Tercera, Mt. Barnabe Farm, Internatural Harvesters, Wild Blue Farm, Corda Winery, Pt. Reyes Vineyards, Pacheco Vineyards, Pey-Marin Vineyards, Dutton-Goldfield Winery, Iron Springs Brewery, Stubbs Vineyard, Mighty Leaf Tea, Fairfax Scoop.

* WHEN: Friday, September 9, 2005

* WHERE: St. Vincent's School, San Rafael, Calif.

* TIME: 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

* TICKETS: $150 per person ($125 for MALT or Marin Organic members)

* CALL: (415) 663-1158 to purchase tickets

* Pre-registration is required For more information ... (Click Here)

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