Weekend Planner June 24-26

Friday:

Join Mill Valley resident Amy Landers for a humorous look at being on a reality TV makeover show. Amy and her partner, Regan Fedric, are featured on the upcoming June 25th episode of HGTV's popular "Curb Appeal - The Block," where they received a free, $20,000 front of home makeover. All proceeds of this entertaining evening will benefit Habitat for Humanity of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

If you go: A donation of $10 will be collected at the door. The event is from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the , 220 in Corte Madera.

Saturday:

Join the for witty, thoughtful tales of women on the road. Authors Laura Deutsch, Marcy Gordon, Angie Chuang and Erin Van Rheenan will read from Best Women’s Travel Writing 2011, followed by a Q&A with editor Lavinia Spalding. Among the contributor's earlier books Living Abroad in Costa Rica, by Erin Van Rheenan - and Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler by Lavinia Spalding. Don't miss this special event.

If you go: This free event begins at 1 p.m. at the , 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. in Corte Madera.



Multi-instrumentalist David Lindley performs music that redefines the word "eclectic." Lindley, well known for his many years as the featured accompanist with Jackson Browne, and leader of his own band El Rayo-X, has long championed the concept of world music. The David Lindley electro-acoustic performance effortlessly combines American folk, blues, and bluegrass traditions with elements from African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic, Malagasy, and Turkish musical sources. Lindley incorporates an incredible array of stringed instruments including but not limited to Kona and Weissenborn Hawaiian lap steel guitar, Turkish saz and chumbus, Middle Eastern oud, and Irish bouzouki. The eye-poppingly clad "Mr. Dave's" uncanny vocal mimicry and demented sense of humor make his onstage banter a highlight of the show.

If you go: Tickets are $20-$35, and can be bought by clicking here. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the music starts at 8 p.m. at the Palm Ballroom, 100 Yacht Club Drive in San Rafael.


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