Colleen Bidwill

Novato, San Francisco

Lifestyles Editor at Marin Independent Journal

lifestyles editor @marinij. @syracuseu alum. Past: @werwradio, @usatodaycollege, @dailyorange, @marinscopenews, @Pacific_Sun, @thrivewire

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Articles

Novato resident gets personal in short film

4 days ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

It’s not always easy to tell your story. But, early last year, when Novato filmmaker Sophie Martinez left the Marin residential mental health facility where she’d been receiving treatment, she knew she had to find a way to share and process what she’d been through. So, she turned to her art. In just a few months she shot what would become “And Yesterday and Today and Tomorrow,” her short film she wrote, directed and edited.
Marin filmmaker reflects on the complexities of egg freezing

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Colleen Bidwill

May 4-Throughout her career as an award-winning filmmaker, Robin Hauser has often reflected on issues impacting women in today's world. In 2021's "$avvy," she looked at the historical, cultural and societal norms around women and money, and in 2015's "Code," she explored the lack of women and minorities in the field of software engineering.
Am I helping birds by putting out dryer lint? Yarn? Dog hair?

1 week ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

DEAR JOAN: A while back you mentioned, I believe, one should put out dryer lint for birds to use as nesting material. Is this the time? — Nancy Toledo, Santa ClaraDEAR NANCY: It’s never a good time to put dryer lint out for the birds. It’s a tempting choice, being so fluffy, but it doesn’t hold up under chick-raising conditions, and can dissolve in the rain or an aggressive sprinkler, making the nest unstable.
Marin filmmaker reflects on the complexities of egg freezing

1 week ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

Throughout her career as an award-winning filmmaker, Robin Hauser has often reflected on issues impacting women in today’s world. In 2021’s “$avvy,” she looked at the historical, cultural and societal norms around women and money, and in 2015’s “Code,” she explored the lack of women and minorities in the field of software engineering.
Bay Area filmmaker highlights groundbreaking painter de Lempicka

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Colleen Bidwill

“The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival” will be shown at the Lark Theater in Larkspur. (2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY)Legendary artist Tamara de Lempicka is the subject of a new documentary. (2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY)A painting by Tamara de Lempicka.
Bay Area filmmaker highlights groundbreaking painter de Lempicka

2 weeks ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

Julie Rubio was 21 years old when she first saw Tamara de Lempicka’s vibrant, sensual works hanging in a hotel in Miami. The pieces of water lilies, a portrait of longtime friend and lover Ira Perrot and a self-portrait in a green Bugatti resonated with Rubio. “Her art, with its bold lines and striking figures, spoke to me in a way that was both profound and deeply personal,” said Rubio, an Orinda resident.
Documentary on ‘misunderstood’ mammal heads to Marin film festival

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Colleen Bidwill

May 1-One warm summer evening, while having dinner outside the Inn Complete, one of her favorite haunts as a graduate film student at Syracuse University in upstate New York, Kristin Tièche saw something fly by her. Looking up, to her surprise, the sky was filled with bats. "I had never seen such a sight, and I thought it was just so cool to sit out and watch wildlife at work," she said.
Documentary on ‘misunderstood’ mammal heads to Marin film festival

2 weeks ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

One warm summer evening, while having dinner outside the Inn Complete, one of her favorite haunts as a graduate film student at Syracuse University in upstate New York, Kristin Tièche saw something fly by her. Looking up, to her surprise, the sky was filled with bats. “I had never seen such a sight, and I thought it was just so cool to sit out and watch wildlife at work,” she said.
Marin residents share who’s inspired them

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Colleen Bidwill

I recently combed through my family's cookbook, a white binder full of recipes that my parents have collected over the years. Some are torn out of magazines, others are written on scraps of paper, from a yellowing DMV envelope to stationary from my mom's old job. It's been nine years since my mom died, but I still feel her through her food and the stories we share about her while eating it around the dining room table. Some people eat to live and others live to eat. I'm the latter.
Marin residents share who’s inspired them

2 weeks ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

I recently combed through my family’s cookbook, a white binder full of recipes that my parents have collected over the years. Some are torn out of magazines, others are written on scraps of paper, from a yellowing DMV envelope to stationary from my mom’s old job. It’s been nine years since my mom died, but I still feel her through her food and the stories we share about her while eating it around the dining room table. Some people eat to live and others live to eat. I’m the latter.