A Vehicle for Change

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Thank you to everyone who came out to JOIN US AT THE MARIN HUMAN RACE! We had a great time meeting so many wonderful inspirational people…

We are working with our friends and non-profit partners to GREEN Marin City, researching and engaging in carbon emission reduction programs to provide green jobs, and using our resources and working with the Marin County Supervisors to raise awareness about opportunities in the green collar sector.This is a very complex undertaking, and change is not going to happen overnight. But if we work together and support our neighbors in their efforts to preserve and improve their housing complex, our entire community will reap the benefits.
Help us harness the power of the arts to drive social and environmental change.

“This is fantastic!”
Paul Hawken
“This is very encouraging and we are excited about the prospects for this, and thank you so much for your continued efforts.”
Marin County Supervisors

Come celebrate the Bay Area’s cultural diversity and join us at Maker Faire - where music, art and science meet - without the playa dust!

Swing on by the Stage Dor in Sausalito, and shake your bacon to Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - and have a drink at the bar! Alcohol or no alcohol - Bar proceeds benefit A Vehicle for Change.
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Black is the New Green… April 19th is National Record Store Day - so A Vehicle for Change is partnering with Mill Valley Music for a RECYCLE Your VINYL Fundraising Event!
Come celebrate our music legacy and help cultivate the next generation of music legends to emerge from our Bay Area music community - at the same time, clear your clutter and save the planet through creative recycling/reuse!
The vinyl records that we collect will be creatively recycled into fun, usable products - proceeds from the sales will help us support kids music education! Just in case you can’t quite part with your beloved records, ask us about custom orders and/or our vinyl to digital transfer service!

We’ve also decided to take this opportunity to celebrate Marin’s music history! Donate a vinyl record recorded at ANY studio in Marin County, and you will be entered into a raffle for some really cool prizes: CDs, posters, - Grand Prize is a chauffeur driven tour of Marin’s music history, which starts at Horizons (formerly The Trident) in Sausalito and finishes up at BR Cohn Winery for a free olive oil and wine tasting!
Raffle tickets will also be available for sale - If you don’t have any vinyl to donate, come on by and say “hello” - Mill Valley Music is having a big sale!
Details: Saturday, April 19th - noon-6 pm
Mill Valley Music is located at 320 Miller Avenue in the City of Mill Valley, Marin County, just north of San Francisco
Telephone number is (415) 389-9090

Regarding Paul Liberatore’s Article in the Marin IJ on Saturday, April 5th.
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First, please allow us the opportunity to correct some misinformation in the article - The Plant Studios has not “changed operators” - Arne Frager is the CEO/Owner of The Plant Studios - Therefore, a more accurate description of events would state: The Plant Studios has been forcibly evicted from the studio’s location. The headline should have read: “The Plant Studios Has Left the Building.”
Please read the article and scroll all the way down past the maps to post your comments, and thanks for your support!

VOLUNTEERS OPPORTUNITY :We are recruiting volunteers to help gather signatures of support for our plan to form a multi tenant non-profit arts and green business center in Sausalito! This MTNC, which we call the AV4C, (Audio/Visual, Collaborative Cultural Creative Center) will provide a nurturing creative space for non-profit arts and environmental organizations, where they can gather to share resources and collaborate on media projects. Join our mission to preserve Marin’s music legacy and help strengthen our arts and non-profit communities.
|| CLICK HERE to make a tax deductible donation to our capital campaign||

Kat Parra at the Stage Dor - presented by Murphy Productions -
Bar proceeds go to fund A Vehicle for Change.
Please join us and have a drink - find out how you can join our mission to preserve Marin’s music legacy and help strengthen our arts and non-profit communities.
A Vehicle for Change is kicking it into high gear to make a new bid on the property at 2200 Bridgeway, long term location of The Plant Studios. Recent events have once again placed the historic structure in peril of being sold to a developer - Time is of the essence!

|| CLICK HERE to make a tax deductible donation to our capital campaign||

Kat Parra - presented by Murphy Productions - details

Kat Parra and Her Latin Jazz Dance Band
Friday April 4th
Stage Dor
10 Liberty Ship Way # 340, Sausalito, CA 94965

The Stage Dor opens to the public with another evening of live music and Dance. Kat Parra take the stage with her hot Latin band to get the salsa moving. Parra has leapt beyond the boundaries of the typical Latin jazz singer. With her thirst for the exploration of world rhythms and tonalities, she has developed a style of music that encompasses sounds that both transcend and bend the stereotypical definition of Latin jazz. She has incorporated not only Afro-Cuban music, but also added Afro-Peruvian, middle eastern, South American folklore as well as Nueva Trova. Most interestingly, she has also been developing, along with her musical director Murray Low, new arrangements of Sephardic music–the music of the Spanish Jews sung in the dying language of Ladino.

Kat sings fluently in English, Spanish and Portuguese as well. With this multi-lingual and multi-musical experience, Kat Parra is able to transport her audiences to an exciting and vibrant journey of world and Latin music. Join her and her band for an evening of lively dance tunes at the Stage Dor in Sausalito. Bring your dancing shoes!

Doors and dance lesson @ 8 Dance @ 8:30
$20 advance $25 @ Door $25 reserved seating

To buy tickets
Online: CLICK HERE
Via Phone with visa or MC 415.389.5072

All ticket sales final, no refunds or exchanges
Not all shows are guaranteed seating

In keeping with our mission to preserve our Bay Area’s rich cultural history, AV4C is partnering with private investors and management of The Plant Recording Studios to purchase 2200 Bridgeway, the building that has housed the legendary facility for more than 35 years.

For details - please see 2200 Bridgeway Campaign page.

A Vehicle for Change is partnering with Marin City residents to GREEN Marin City! The goal is to lift people out of poverty through green collar jobs.
ALL online donations (which are tax deductible) to AV4C received between now and March 21st will go towards our goal of $2000 to send a Marin City resident to Green for All’s Dream :REBORN Conference in Memphis, which takes place April 4th - 6th, 2008.
That “delegate” will them come back to share information with their community on how to bring Green Jobs to Marin City.
If by chance we do not make our goal to send someone to the conference, we will use these funds to enable low-income members of the community to participate in solar job training in San Francisco and the East Bay through Grid Alternatives program. Either way, we pledge to use your “green” for “green.”