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Visual Art Spotlight: Gaia by Connie Butler

She sits in a relaxed yet commanding posture. Her back is erect. Her chin is aligned with the horizon. Her long, strong jaw and thick, smooth neck belie a soft smile and the gentle daze of one who might be peering into the face of a child…
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If it’s April, it’s time for dessert!

Art of Dessert is LBC’s major fundraiser of the year, when eager donors gather in the spring to eat showstopper cakes, while raising their auction paddles to benefit our far-reaching Arts Education and Community Engagement programs. But there’s…
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Community leaders “Teach it Forward”

College students return to LBC to teach music for free mariachi program. The summer before entering 8th grade, Mayryn Cruz and Alexandra Ruiz attended LBC’s Mariachi Camp in Cloverdale for the first time. They loved the music, the instruction,…
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LBC Awarded Two California Arts Council Grants

The California Arts Council has awarded the LBC two multi-year grants to support our research-based programs that highlight arts integration, standards-based arts curriculum, and opportunities to learn from professional artists. The Artists…
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Music Appreciation Day Showcases Student Success Thanks to Instrument Loans

Music Appreciation Day 2023 Thanks to LBC donors and members, as more and more local students borrow instruments to play in their school band or orchestra each year, our Music for Schools instrument lending library grows to accommodate…
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Bake. Post. Tag. Win! The Mitts Come Off for 3rd Art of Dessert Bake Off

If LBC’s annual Art of Dessert fundraiser is right around the corner, you know what that means! It’s time for the third annual LBC Bake Off, when the mitts come off for the North Bay’s Artists of Dessert! In the run-up to our popular…
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Donor Lise Luttgens

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Exploring the intellectual discourse of hip hop at LBC

Think you can’t relate to hip hop culture? Ask yourself: Can you relate to Shakespeare? (Or just a fan of iambic pentameter?) Do you enjoy listening to the blues? How about jazz? Country? Does a Louis Armstrong or Duke Ellington tune send…
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Latino Advisory Council 20 Years Later

Twenty years ago, the LBC established a Latino outreach initiative that soon formalized our Latino Advisory Council (LAC). Today’s LAC cultivates community relationships and collaborates on engaging programs that celebrate Latino arts…
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Inaugural winter lights art walk gathers thousands to LBC Sculpture Garden

Dear LBC, I am writing to express my appreciation of the NorthernLights display. It is absolutely fabulous and something that really benefits our community. When we drove up, it was so exciting to see the bright, dazzling lights. Unlike…
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LBC expands free Adult Guitar Class to welcome more beginners

Since it was introduced in April 2020, LBC’s adult guitar class has gained enough buzz to grow from a few community members to 25 students. Now that most of them have a year or two under their belts, this month, we started a new beginner class…
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From Page to Stage Program: It’s curtains-up for future lifelong readers again!

For seven years, LBC’s "From Page to Stage" program was turning a lot of local third graders into lifelong readers. During the pandemic shutdown, however, 3rd graders at three local schools missed their turn to participate. It’s the…
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