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It's autumn and the seasonal shift we experience as dry becomes cold, is typically associated with the element of Earth. Just as the Earth element signifies stability, grounding, and harvest, Autumn represents a time of gathering, letting go of summer's abundance, and preparing for the colder months ahead.
Whether or not you know your sign or believe a birth time should have any weight on your decision making, astrology is indeed an ancient practice. Earth, Water, Air and Fire are the elements of the natural world, and the hope that space as a part of nature has the potential to aid in visualizing a clear and hopeful future is powerful.
As such I have organized the following news, gatherings, and goings-on about town in Sausalito into the categories of Earth, Water, Air, Fire and HEART. As Sausalito lovers, residents, artists and business owners, HEART represents our collective spirit, an element in the ether that we feel and experience as art.
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Leading with HEART see below for your headlines. Be in touch with me via email, kara@likekaralee.com if you have questions, ideas, or submissions for inclusion. There are more iterations of this starry-eyed science experiment to come.
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​​​​​​Inaugural 'Design Sausalito Holiday Edition' launches November 15-17, 2024
The debut of DESIGN SAUSALITO marks the first annual design celebration of leading makers, artists, and creative practitioners based in Sausalito. Enjoy artist-led talks, demos and tours centered around design, fashion, textiles and art. Heath Ceramics will kick off the weekend's events offering a guided factory tour on Friday from 10:30 to 11:30 am.
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On Saturday, discover creative visions from artists at Sausalito’s Marinship Studios from 1-4 pm during an intimate series of talks and private studio tours. Explore their work, creative process, their inspirations then meet the artists at their workshops: Jewelry artist Maya Kini and Laura Lienhard, stone sculptor and garden designer James Lafemina, and ceramic and glass artist Susan McKinney. Each will share the philosophy behind their craft, revealing how their artistic journeys are both personal expressions and a continuation of Marinship’s storied legacy. Through their work, they revive the spirit of this historic waterfront enclave, once home to renowned figures like Maya Angelou, Gordon Onslow Ford, Allen Ginsberg, Jean Varda, and Ruth Asawa.
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE:
1pm: Maya Kini and Laura Lienhard
2pm: James LaFemina
3pm: Susan McKinney
About Marinship Studios:
Marinship Studios, set along Sausalito’s historic waterfront, is more than just a creative space—it’s a continuation of a storied legacy that began in the mid-20th century with trailblazing artists and thinkers. The studio’s roots trace back to Frances Anshen in the early 1950s, was introduced to the area by artist Jean Varda. She transformed a sinking barge into her home alongside her husband, architect Bob Anshen, and gradually built a community of houseboats and structures that became a hub of creativity. Today, under the stewardship of its visionary owner and founder Max Houtzager, Marinship Studios has been revitalized with a design team that includes Takashi Yanai of EYRC Architects, Commune Design, and landscape firm Terremoto. Their work honors the spirit of the original community, maintaining its organic, minimalist ethos while creating functional spaces that naturally extend the legacy of Marinship as a haven for artists, makers, and innovators. The history and creative energy of Marinship, enriched by figures like Gordon Onslow Ford and Varda, continue to influence its evolution, making it a place where creativity thrives.
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​​Sausalito, Now Home to Paint Art Collective Gallery
Check out this work on view now at PAINT depicting Princess Peach! PAINT is non-profit program designed to serve individuals showing talent, interest or motivation in the arts with the belief that everyone is an artist and everyone is creative. PAINT is a place filled with light and color, where artists with Intellectual Disabilities may come to freely express their creativity through art. With its original gallery location just south in Brentwood, PAINT opened its second California gallery location at 8 Princess Street in Sausalito.
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​​​​​Upstart Modern Presents ‘Tell me How it Ends’
Showing through January 4, 2025, Tell Me How It Ends, is an exhibition at Upstart Modern showcasing the works of Lisa Kokin and Georgina Reskala. Through their respective mediums, the artists navigate themes that echo the narratives in "Tell Me How It Ends an Essay in 40 Questions," by Valerie Luiselli. Highlighting the complexities of immigration, displacement, and the fragmented nature of belonging, the show featuring Reskala and Kokin, connects to Luiselli's writings around undocumented Latin American children facing deportation.​
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Coy Boys
It is turkey season and the coyotes are on the prowl. Keep an eye on your small pets and people! The process by which wildlife becomes habituated and loses their natural aversion to people is often the result of human behavior. As territorial animals, alpha male and female adult coyotes defend their home range from other coyote. They breed each spring and young remain with the alpha pair until autumn, when some pups disperse and others may remain on the territory with their parents as non-breeding helpers.
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Morning YOGA at Cavallo Point Lodge
Class is held at varying indoor locations daily at 8 am. Check the Activities Board in the lobby next to the front desk to confirm location, grab a coffee then head to class. While the classes and entire lodge are dog-friendly (DOGA is a thing here), bobcat, coyote and wild turkeys do take center stage at the property in the morning hours. Be sure to keep your furry friends leashed while walking the grounds at dawn and dusk in particular.
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Winner Winner Dungeness Crab for Thanksgiving Dinner?
The only way to see fresh Dungeness on the Thanksgiving table this year is to do the leg work, catch it and cook it yourself. The recreational Dungeness season began on Nov. 2, while the commercial open season has been delayed to prevent entanglement of migrating Humpbacks. Crabbers must use rope-less or pop-up gear to give whales a safe migration south.
Recreational crabbers may not use trap gear, according to a state order; only hoop nets and crab snares will be allowed. Basically anything reeled-in at the end of an excursion is cool, but traps that are left in the water unattended with ropes are not. In an effort to sustain the population, crabbing in San Francisco, Richardson and Tomales Bay is not a thing. These bay locations are nurseries for breeding young crabs. Female crabs with eggs may not be harvested in any locale.,
​​​​​Sausalito Swim & Coffee Club
Meet at Swede’s Beach every Friday at 7:30 am to sip and dip! A cold plunge followed by a steamy cup o’ joe increases blood circulation and invigorates the soul.
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Brown Pelican Migration
Brown pelicans spend summer and fall in San Francisco Bay. roosting at Breakwater Island in Alameda Point. Enjoy watching them dive for fish near shore on their way south as they migrate from British Columbia to the Channel Islands and Mexico.
November Moon Cycle
Known as the Full Beaver Moon, November’s Full Moon will take place on November 15. Think about yourself like a beaver beginning to take shelter and store food as we enter the winter. The New Moon will be on November 30.
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Georgina Reskala’s Work showing at Upstart Modern
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Lighthouse Bar and Grill Opens Second Location on Johnson St.
A long-standing Sausalito institution located on Bridgeway, The Lighthouse Bar and Grill, has opened its second Sausalito location. Formerly Seafood Peddler at 303 Johnson St. (across from Firehouse Coffee) the new location boasts bay views, a quaint outdoor courtyard and a bomb breakfast menu.
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​​​Visit Historic Point Bonita
To this day, the Point Bonita Lighthouse which dates back to 1853, is the only one in the U.S. that can be reached via suspension bridge. Although the suspension bridge to get to the lighthouse closed in August of 2024 for repair, you can still visit Point Bonita. The trail and tunnel leading towards views of the lighthouse will be open and staffed from November 3, 2024 through April 30, 2025 on Sunday and Monday from 12:30 to 3:30 pm. Ranger / docent led "Light Chats" take place prior to opening at 12:15pm. Convene for Light Chats at the entrance to the Point Bonita Trail outside the tunnel. Point Bonita is closed Tuesday through Saturday.
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