Colleen Bidwill

6 days ago | times-standard.com | Colleen Bidwill

Editor’s note: This article originally ran in the Marin Independent Journal in December 2024. Jenny Wood was just 21 years old when she became then-Sen. Joe Biden’s first intern not long after packing up and moving to Washington, D.C. in 1973, where she knew no one. By her late 20s, she would go on to work on Capitol Hill for Sen. Edmund S. Muskie and be a part of the White House staff for then-Vice President Walter F. Mondale.

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Colleen Bidwill

When you think about the circus, you might imagine aerialists gliding through the air, acrobats flipping across the stage, juggling clowns and a top hat-wearing ringmaster keeping it all together. But at Circus Bella, the music is far from an afterthought. Each year, the Circus Bella All-Star Band - featuring Bolinas drummer Michael Pinkham - performs original compositions by musician and bandleader Rob Reich, while highlighting the performers onstage.

1 week ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

Vaughn Brown didn’t know the name of Torpedo Wharf, a public waterfront area in the Presidio where people love to go fishing and walk along to take in views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay. But the San Anselmo resident would soon come to learn it when the spot became the last place he saw his dog, Winston, on the early evening of Dec. 16, 2024, before he went unexpectedly into the water. “He was getting older,” he said. “He was really good off-leash, and he may have just slipped and fallen.

1 week ago | marinij.com | Colleen Bidwill

When you think about the circus, you might imagine aerialists gliding through the air, acrobats flipping across the stage, juggling clowns and a top hat-wearing ringmaster keeping it all together. But at Circus Bella, the music is far from an afterthought. Each year, the Circus Bella All-Star Band — featuring Bolinas drummer Michael Pinkham — performs original compositions by musician and bandleader Rob Reich, while highlighting the performers onstage.

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Colleen Bidwill

Eileen Wright stars in “Learning to be Naked: Healing Through Burlesque.” (Courtesy of Red Spoke) Dita Von Teese stars in “Learning to be Naked: Healing Through Burlesque.” (Courtesy of Red Spoke) Corte Madera filmmaker Susan Wolf directed and produced “Learning to be Naked: Healing Through Burlesque.” (Courtesy of Red Spoke) Show Caption Eileen Wright stars in “Learning to be Naked: Healing Through Burlesque.” (Courtesy of Red Spoke) Expand Anna Smith Higgs was just 24 years old when she...