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Author Archives: Elisabeth Ptak

Posted inFeatures

Reimagining the Dance Palace on its 50th anniversary

by Elisabeth Ptak November 3, 2021

When a group of young people came up with the idea of creating a “dance palace” in the empty former Palace Market shopfront on Point Reyes Station’s Main Street some 50 years ago, they could not have fathomed the longevity the homegrown project would have or the strong feelings it would engender. “In 1971, it […]

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The Dance Palace, a force that needs our support

by Elisabeth Ptak October 8, 2015
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Sandbox experiments and violet cakes

by Elisabeth Ptak October 8, 2015
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