Diane Smith
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Diane Smith has contributed to The Ark since 1980, writing and photographing everything from personalities to events.
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Latest from Diane
Country-style fair returns to Tiburon this weekend with Blackie’s Hay Day
The Blackie’s Bake-Off contest is just one of a slew of family-friendly activities to enjoy at the 13th annual Blackie’s Hay Day...
By DIANE SMITH ·Tiburon soprano Caroluna applies creative streak to mixed-media art
Tiburon visual artist, soprano, composer, filmmaker and photographer Caroluna Michelson has worked in the fashion and entertainment...
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Strawberry artist part of duo oil-painting exhibit at Town Hall
Joe Grenn has spent hours windsurfing near the Golden Gate Bridge and extreme skiing on some of the highest mountains in the world...
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Artist’s paintings inspired by Dutch masters’ use of symbolism
When Linda Schroeter was 12 years old, one of her paintings was displayed by an art gallery owner in Schroeter’s South Australian town —...
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Tiburon artists among those to display works at Mill Valley festival
This year’s Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, the 62nd annual, is set to take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 15-16 at the park, next to...
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Couple brings MaidPro franchise to Strawberry
Cambria and Sean Terheyden say one of the funniest scenes they’ve run into while their staff cleaned a client’s home was seeing six large...
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Champions, locals to take to the water for 17th Tiburon Mile
In 1999, Tiburon resident Bob Placak founded the Tiburon Mile, an open-water swim race from Angel Island to the beach between Sam’s...
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Mix of realist, abstract paintings on display in latest library exhibit
While growing up in Los Angeles, Elaine West was always drawing. By the time she was in middle school, she was known as the class artist....
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Artist explores different techniques in Town Hall show
When Alexandra Louie was 7 years old and living in her native Ukraine, she was asked to draw a still life of something at home as a...
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Chamber names James Demmert its business citizen of the year
James Demmert is the founder and managing partner of Sausalito investment firm Main Street Research and a staunch supporter of the...
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New library exhibit spotlights Fairfax artist’s pastel works
Wendy Goldberg grew up in New England, where she says she “fell in love with the moody, dynamic skies and landscapes.” As a child, she...
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Marin Society of Artists’ work now showing at Tiburon Town Hall
“Celebrating Life” will be on view in the upstairs Community Room of Tiburon Town Hall through Aug. 30, with a reception for the 25...
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