Events

Travel back in time with local author Scott Fletcher when he shares his new book: More Moments in Marin History: Familiar Tales & Untold Stories. Based on photographs taken from the Marin History Museum's vast image collection, the presentation tells the story of the people, businesses, organizations and events that have shaped the county we all call home.

Rotarians are invited to the State of the City with Mayor Max Perrey as he outlines priorities and the City's plans for the future. Highlights will include the City's current and future fiscal outlook, plans for infrastructure and facility enhancements, emergency preparedness, ongoing environmental stewardship and climate resilience work, and initiatives to improve the quality of life for Mill Valley residents and workers. Mayor Perrey will be joined by City Manager Todd Cusimano and Sea Level Rise Project Manager Mari Swim. Following the presentation, a Q&A session will offers participants the opportunity to pose questions and share suggestions.

A daughter and niece of two scientists that worked on the Manhattan Project, the secret undertaking to develop the first atomic weapons; she grew up with the knowledge and shadow of the cold war, and the long-term effects it had for herself and others with the same legacy of being so close to the origins of the creation of the bomb. A shadow followed the author throughout her life and was the motivation to find others who had this personal history with a parent who worked on the project and discuss their experiences and feelings around this shared history. 

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By sharing some of the many stories Jim has heard from his personal experiences hosting Death Cafés and volunteering with Final Exit Network, he hopes attendees will be inspired to become more comfortable discussing this stigmatized topic. He spent much of his life not realizing that he was death ignorant, likely in death denial, and desperately in need of death education. He has learned that the more conversations and the more planning, the greater solace one can achieve, the deeper appreciation of  life’s preciousness, as well as leaving a generous gift to our grateful, grieving loved ones. 

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Alec Scott will speak about the institutions that have helped make San Francisco San Francisco. The remit of his book, Oldest San Francisco (Reedy Press) was to identify the oldest businesses, cultural organizations, charities in the city -- and to try to tell the city's story through those. Here are potted histories of some Gold Rush-era businesses and non-profits -- the oldest restaurant (Tadich Grill), bakery (Boudin), hardware store (Center) and children's charity (Edgewood). The city's longtime obsession with food is reflected in short profiles of San Francisco's oldest chocolate maker (Ghirardelli) and on the taquerias that helped introduce and popularize the Mission Burrito. Here are the stories of America's first non-sectarian free clinic (the Haight-Ashbury), its first proper senior center, and the oldest (and now last remaining) cable car. A short talk about some of the institutions that have given San Francisco its distinctive feel. 

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