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Our Spring Appeal Supports Courtyard Concerts
Although the Coronavirus is currently keeping us apart, music still brings us together. Our Spring Appeal is underway and your donations...
Bread & Roses Presents
Jun 23, 20202 min read
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Our Volunteer Host Program
In 2019, Bread & Roses Presents produced 653 shows for 32,718 audience members. Our volunteers hosted 459 of those shows, which is an...
Lisa Starbird
May 11, 20205 min read
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Performer Profile: Tony Saunders
Last February Tony Saunders was doing a show at Holderman Hospital at the Veterans Home in Yountville for a Black History program when a...
Carolyn Gauthier
May 8, 20203 min read
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Marian’s Did You Know… That We Count Our Lucky Stars To Have Many Friends As Our Ambassadors?
Among our current circle of volunteers and supporters, Bread & Roses Presents is fortunate to have many friends as our ambassadors. Some...
Marian Hubler
Apr 29, 20204 min read
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Volunteer Sally Peter Leads the Way By Hosting the Most Institutional Shows
Volunteers are the mainstay of our annual program. We are fortunate to have the incredible dedication of over 350 individual performers...
Carolyn Gauthier
Dec 19, 20195 min read
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Bread & Roses Performers Bring Music to Evacuees at Marin Center
As fires raged across California, hundreds of thousands of people in the North Bay were impacted. Mandatory evacuations were widespread...
Carolyn Gauthier
Nov 7, 20194 min read
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A True Community Gathering: Annual Volunteer Celebration on August 4
Our volunteers are key to our success at Bread & Roses Presents for the heartfelt way they bring a healing connection through live music...
Marian Hubler
Sep 20, 20196 min read
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Volunteers Gaby DiChiro and Una Lomax-Emrick Tell of Impact of Our Work
Although we have over 1,000 volunteers helping us present live music every year in over 600 programs to isolated audiences around the...
Marian Hubler
Mar 7, 20193 min read
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December Show Marathon: The Most In One Day!
December is always a busy time for Bread & Roses with many special concerts. But this past month we hit some record numbers! In December...
Carrie Sownie
Dec 19, 20184 min read
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Volunteer Host Bob Rose Reports Highlights from Recent Shows
Bread & Roses Executive Director Dave Perron knew Bob Rose when he was the public relations director for the SF Giants. Bob said of his...
Marian Hubler
Sep 18, 20183 min read
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Annual Celebration Recognizes Our Performers, Hosts and Other Volunteers
Bread & Roses Presents recognized the accomplishments of over 250 volunteers at its annual celebration called The JAM (Day of Joy,...
Marian Hubler
Sep 7, 20185 min read
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Circle of Advisors Gathering Builds Community and Renews Connections
Bread & Roses Circle of Advisors gathered on Thurs. June 7 with board, staff and volunteer hosts to celebrate our shared community. Our...
Marian Hubler
Jun 9, 20183 min read
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Bringing Healing Music to New Friends in Sonoma County
In 2017 we made a special point of expanding our program by adding several facilities and making new friends in Sonoma County. Although...
Carolyn Gauthier
May 22, 20182 min read
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The 2018 Day of Peace at San Quentin State Prison
Everybody needs a Day of Peace. On Saturday May 19, 2018 at San Quentin State Prison inmates and outside sponsors put on a major event on...
Lisa Starbird
May 22, 20183 min read
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All-Time Record Number of Shows in 2017
Bread & Roses presented 635 shows in 2017, the most in the 43-year history of our organization. Over a thousand volunteer performing...
Marian Hubler
Feb 23, 20184 min read
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Bread & Roses Helps Seniors Focus on Joy Through Live Music
A recent article in the New York Times “Want to Be Happy? Think Like An Old Person” by John Leland (Dec. 29, 2017) talks about elders who...
Marian Hubler
Feb 19, 20183 min read
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Football, Opera and Jail - a show testimonial by Sara LeMesh
Thanks to opera singer Sara LeMesh for her recent holiday concerts for Bread & Roses at Glenn E. Dyer Detention Facility in Oakland. Read...
Guest
Jan 17, 20185 min read
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Marin IJ Covers Bread & Roses Shows for Fire Evacuees
Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the Sonoma and Napa fires. We serve many of the facilities in the area, like the Veterans Home...
Marian Hubler
Oct 16, 20173 min read
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A Day of Joy, Appreciation & Music: Bread & Roses Celebrates Volunteers at The JAM
Bread & Roses Presents celebrated the accomplishments of over 250 volunteers at Unity of Marin in Novato on Sunday August 20, 2017. In...
Marian Hubler
Aug 30, 20173 min read
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Fearless Harmony by San Domenico Advanced Vocal Ensemble at Atria Tamalpais
An appreciative group of seniors at Atria Tamalpais Creek, a senior living facility in Novato, were treated recently to the musical magic...
Carolyn Gauthier
Jun 11, 20173 min read
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