Outside the Walls Week -2011

The offerings for Outside the Walls Week have just been announced. Seven exciting programs will be offered this year including: The Book Lover's Tour of San Francisco, Swimming Upstream - Salmon and the Bay Area, Yosemite Natural History, Photo Philanthropy, Fashion Week, The Practice of Giving: Volunteering and Stewardship in our Community, and Making Movies in the Bay Area.

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Keith Hubert, TMS teacher, publishes book on Ghana

Every other summer, Keith Hubert, TMS math teacher, leads students on a three-week trip across Ghana visiting its people and viewing its remarkable landscapes, plants and animals. Prior to joining TMS, Keith lived and worked in Ghana; teaching for the Peace Corp.

Keith has captured the essence of this beautiful country and its remarkable people in his recently published book, "Living Gold: People and Places of Ghana." His photos of the people, places, festivals and native animals are beautiful; leaving us with the desire to make the next trip to Ghana with Keith and his students!

TMS Theatre Project Presents Max Frisch's The Firebugs

Don't miss The Marin School Theatre Project presentation of The Firebugs, a play by Max Frisch. For tickets and information contact Elizabeth Hawley at ehawley@themarinschool.org or (415) 339-9336, ext. 102.

Winter Jazz Band Concert - Jan. 20th - 7:00 pm

TMS Presents Oscar winner, Jeremy Larner - Jan. 26, 2011

Oscar-winning screenwriter, Jeremy Larner, will be our next guest for the TMS Presents series, January 26, 2011 - 7 to 8 pm. Jeremy won an Oscar for "The Candidate", the classic political campaign film starring Robert Redford -- set in California, with a production office based in Mill Valley! Join us for an evening of film clips and conversation with Jeremy, who has been an insider both in Washington DC and Hollywood from the early 1960s, and whose insights are as sharp and relevant as ever. Admission is free of charge, doors open at 6:30 pm - RSVP to kridge@themarinschool.org.

Jeremy was speechwriter for Senator Eugene McCarthy when that campaign knocked LBJ out of the presidential race in 1968. He also was the "life" magazine reporter at the politically-charged Mexico Olympics and an award-winning novelist. He co-wrote, with Jack Nicholson, the screenplay for the only film Nicholson ever directed, "Drive, He Said", based on Jeremy's novel of the same name. As if all that isn't enough, Jeremy is also a published poet.

Jeremy will also appear for an event with our students during the day: "From the Rise of JFK to the Fall of Nixon: An Inside View of American Politics, 1960-75." We'll be exploring not only that key time in history, but the effects is still has today, and the lessons to be learned from those connections.

"Mzansi Citizens of Soul" - January 7, 2011

TMS Alumni, Spencer Ackermann (class of '06) has taken on a new role as CFO of Soul-City Productions, a non-profit created by Spencer and two of his peers. They are kicking off 2011 with a multi-media art exhibition in Sausalito on January 7, 2011 at Studio 333, 6-9 pm.

"Mzansi Citizens of Soul" is a multi-media art exhibition sharing visions of contemporary South African culture, identity and community from the youthful perspectives of one American and two South African artists using photography, Xerox Transfer printmaking, raw artistic documentary film, poetry and writing as the foundation for communication a message of social awareness and cross-cultural understanding.

The exhibition is a celebration of diversity as it works to promote cross-cultural connections through universal languages of artistic expression. Soul city seeks to provide the Bay Area public with a foundation of greater understanding of the South African experience, past and presents; and does so through the notion of soul - a feeling that we recognize as being uniquely human and a catalyst for progressive unity among people of different spaces around the world.

"Mzansi Citizens of Soul"

January 7, 2011 - 6 to 9 pm

Studio 333

333 Caladonia St.

Sausalito, CA

Free Adminission (suggested $5 donation)

Video Conference with filmmaker Robert Greenwald

Students in The Marin School's Politics & Media class spoke with filmmaker Robert Greenwald via Skype on Thursday. Greenwald is the founder and president of Brave New Films, and is the director/producer of several documentaries including "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers" (2006), "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" (2005), and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" (2004).

You can view a short video clip of the video conference or listen to the entire conversation below:

Robert Greenwald Clip from The Marin School on Vimeo.

Video Conference with Robert Greenwald from The Marin School on Vimeo.