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Health Tips To Support Our Community
We would like to share some tips on how to best support our community -- particularly our musicians and performing artists as well as...
Carrie Sownie
Mar 30, 20202 min read


Marian's Did You Know...Mimi's Performance at Sing Sing Prison Inspired Her to Start Bread & Roses
Did you know... That our founder, the late Mimi Fariña, was inspired to start Bread & Roses after she sang in a concert with her sister...
Marian Hubler
Mar 30, 20202 min read


Francesca's Playlist: April 1, 2020
Enjoy this month's featured playlist of some of the songs by our favorite artists who have performed at our benefit concerts and...
Francesca Lee
Mar 30, 20201 min read


Marin IJ Covers Inspiring Endeavors of Marin's Musical Community
Thank you Keri Brenner and Paul Liberatore at the Marin Independent Journal for writing about the inspiring endeavors of Marin's musical...
Marian Hubler
Mar 30, 20202 min read


Facility Profile: St. Anthony’s Dining Room
St. Anthony’s Dining Room in the heart of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district serves 3,000 hot lunches 365 days a year. In San Francisco,...
Carolyn Gauthier
Mar 26, 20201 min read


Performer Profile: Michael Pritchard
Michael Pritchard - Bread & Roses Ambassador Nationally acclaimed motivational speaker, comedian, social worker and teacher. Michael...
Lisa Starbird
Mar 26, 20202 min read


2019 Infographic - Most Shows Ever!
Bread & Roses presented the most shows ever in 2019 - 653 total shows for our isolated audiences! Our work is possible thanks to the...
Carrie Sownie
Mar 17, 20201 min read


Volunteer Sally Peter Leads the Way By Hosting the Most Institutional Shows
Volunteers are the mainstay of our annual program. We are fortunate to have the incredible dedication of over 350 individual performers...
Carolyn Gauthier
Dec 19, 20195 min read


Fall Sweetwater Benefit Tops the Charts for Music with Chops and Heart
“What a fantastic night of music,” said Bread & Roses Executive Director Dave Perron. “All of this year’s fall benefit performers – Ron...
Marian Hubler
Nov 25, 20194 min read


Bread & Roses Performers Bring Music to Evacuees at Marin Center
As fires raged across California, hundreds of thousands of people in the North Bay were impacted. Mandatory evacuations were widespread...
Carolyn Gauthier
Nov 7, 20194 min read


Ron Artis II & The Truth at Fall Benefit Concert Nov. 14 with David Luning
Flying in from the Big Island, soulful Ron Artis II & The Truth will headline our upcoming Fall Benefit Concert for Bread & Roses on...
Carrie Sownie
Oct 8, 20194 min read


2019 “Oh Say, Can You Sing” Contest Winners Knocked It Out of the Park
Bread & Roses concluded its fifth annual “Oh Say, Can You Sing” contests with its most successful year yet! Congratulations to our anthem...
Carrie Sownie
Oct 1, 20193 min read


A True Community Gathering: Annual Volunteer Celebration on August 4
Our volunteers are key to our success at Bread & Roses Presents for the heartfelt way they bring a healing connection through live music...
Marian Hubler
Sep 20, 20196 min read


The Healing Power of Live Music: Ben Fong-Torres and Paul Liberatore Lead Conversation at Circle of
“You can’t know Bread & Roses until you have been to an institutional show,” said moderator Paul Liberatore quoting our founder, the late...
Marian Hubler
Jul 17, 20193 min read


Step Up to the Plate - Fifth Annual “Oh Say, Can You Sing?” Contest Launches
Bread & Roses Presents is excited to announce our launch of the fifth annual Oh Say, Can You Sing? Contest! Participants enter for a...
Carrie Sownie
Jul 17, 20192 min read


A Spectacular Night of Music For Spring Benefit
Over 300 supporters and guests joined us for a successful and spectacular night of music for our 2019 Spring Benefit Concert at the Great...
Marian Hubler
May 10, 20193 min read


Welcome Heidi James - VP, Development and Tracey Berntsen - Business Manager
A warm welcome to new staff at Bread & Roses: Heidi James - Vice President, Development and Tracey Berntsen - Business Manager. Farewell...
Marian Hubler
Apr 3, 20191 min read


2018 Infographic: Increased Audiences and Volunteer Support
We are grateful for the thousand plus volunteers who helped bring the healing power of live music to more audiences isolated in...
Carrie Sownie
Mar 8, 20191 min read


Incredible 2019 Spring Benefit Concert Line-up - Feat. Lucius and The Nude Party
The innovative indie-pop band Lucius, The Nude Party and Musical Host Matt Jaffe will perform at Bread & Roses Spring Benefit Concert on...
Marian Hubler
Mar 8, 20192 min read


Volunteers Gaby DiChiro and Una Lomax-Emrick Tell of Impact of Our Work
Although we have over 1,000 volunteers helping us present live music every year in over 600 programs to isolated audiences around the...
Marian Hubler
Mar 7, 20193 min read
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