Students Visit Mother Jones Magazine

Students in Matt O'Donnell's Politics and Media Class were treated to an inside look at Mother Jones Magazine in San Francisco today. Mother Jones President and CEO Madeleine Buckingham welcomed the class and gave them an overview of the magazine and answered questions. The group then heard from research editor Celia Perry and discussed the development of a story that appears in the current issue of the magazine. After a tour of the offices, the students had a Q & A with publisher Steve Katz on how Mother Jones approaches social media. The trip gave TMS students a unique behind-the-scenes view of how the print media operates.

TMS Presents, in partnership with Book Passage, an evening with Summi Kaipa

Celebrating ten years of partnering with Book Passage, The Marin Sschool is c0-hosting with Book Passage an event featuring the author of "Indivisible", the first ever anthology of poetry by American authors of South Asian background.

Summi Kaipa & Contributors - Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry

October 29, 2010 @ 7:00 pm

Book Passage in Corte Madera

For more information visit Book Passage or TMS Presents

The Marin School students observe raptors and count sand crabs

Hawk Hill Raptor Observation - though the road to Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands is closed for construction, the TMS SF Bay Area Ecology class went up to the closest overlook to do their class raptor presentations and look for raptors. The class ran into Alan Fish, the director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, who was thrilled that the students were doing the project he had proposed a few years ago, where each student researched a different raptor presenting their findings to the class. Additional photos can be viewed here.

Sand Crab Monitoring - The TMS biology students worked diligently at Muir Beach to collect and count sand crabs as part of the LiMPETS program administered by the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association. Classes from TMS have been monitoring the sand crab population at Muir Beach for years and have witnessed a drastic decline in their population ever since the beach was closed due to the Cosco Busan oil spill. In fact the students did not find any crabs there this year (and for the past few years). Even though they did not find a single crab, that data is still significant. Additional photos can be viewed here.

Taegan Goddard, Political Wire speaks with students via Skype

Taegan Goddard, founder and publisher of Political Wire joined TMS' Matt O'Donnell's Politics and Media class via Skype. Political Wire is one of the earliest and most influential p0litical web sites. You can watch the video below:

Video Conference with Taegan Goddard from The Marin School on Vimeo.

The Marin School Student Photo Exhibit Premieres at SFO

TMS student photo exhibit has been chosen by the San Francisco Airport Museum for display in its Children's Art Gallery at SFO during October and November.

The exhibit, titled "Concrete, Glass, Metal and Sky: Images of San Francisco Bay Area Architecture", is representative of the diversity of architectural styles and landmarks found in the SF Bay Area. Many are well-known and much photographed icons - but what is different and makes these photos unique is the way they are seen through the students' perspective.

The 22 photos in the exhibit were taken by the students on various field trips scheduled throughout the year that supplement their classroom learning. Photography, taught by Marianne Owens, has always been a popular elective for students; with classes ranging from black-and-white to digital photography.

The Marin School exhibit can found in the gallery located in the lower level of Terminal 1, near the baggage claim. The exhibit can also be view online at www.themarinschool.org/academics/student-portfolios/index.aspx (under photo)

London-based literary magazine, Granta and leading Pakistani novelist, Uzma Aslam Khan will appear at TMS Oct. 11th

The world-renowned, London-based literary magazine, Granta, will make The Marin School the site of the Marin County launch for its brand new, timely issue focusing on Pakistan, next Monday, October 11 at 7pm. Leading Pakistani novelist, Uzma Aslam Khan, will be here in person, reading from her work and discussing the Granta anthology's overall take on the relationship between Pakistan and the West, which is so prominent in today's news headlines. Many of Pakistan's leading novelists, poets and journalists are contributors to the new Granta, so this will be a fantastic opportunity for the TMS community to be part of a vital dialog about today's world.

The event will run from 7-8pm, with Uzma reading from her work and an audience Q&A. Doors open at 6:30pm and the event is free of charge. Our friends and partners from Book Passage will bring books for sale and signing.

To reserve seats for the event, please send an email to kridge@themarinschool.org.

For a preview of the new Granta, please check the links below:

Granta Magazine

NYT review

Wall Street Journal review

Advanced TMS Drama Students meet with actors from Marin Theatre Company

The advanced drama students attended a special, sold-out matinee performance of Tarell Alvin McCraney's In the Red and Brown Water last Tuesday, Sept. 28th at Marin Theatre Company. The play is the first in a cycle of plays entitled The Brother/Sister Plays. Though set in a fictional Louisiana town, In the Red and Brown Water intriguingly combines a number of disparate elements including West African regligious deities, Greek-like choral recitation and spoken stage directions to remarkable effect. The students prepared for the play by work shopping several scenes from it in advance of the show. Comparing MTC's version with the students' own production ideas proved to be a highlight, as did the Q and A session with the plays actors that immediately followed MTC's production. The day's events were such a great success that the students plan to attend the second and third plays in McCraney's Louisana cycle, which are to be shown in an unique partnership this season later at The Magic and ACT.

Photo: Advanced drama students with actors from Marin Theatre Company's production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's In the Red and Brown Water.