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Learn about the Running Fence at the Tomales Regional History Center’s “50 Years Since Christo’s Fence Plan” free panel discussion and film screening on Sunday.
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Learn about the Running Fence at the Tomales Regional History Center’s “50 Years Since Christo’s Fence Plan” free panel discussion and film screening on Sunday.
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• Watch Merida, a skilled archer of Scottish royalty, discover the true meaning of courage and try to undo a beastly curse before it’s too late in an outdoor screening of 2012’s “Brave” as part of Mill Valley Recreation’s Movies in the Park series. The free show begins at sunset at Old Mill Park at 64 Cascade Drive in Mill Valley. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and food and drinks. For more information, go to millvalleyrecreation.org/840/Movies-in-the-Park.

• History buffs can celebrate the grand opening of the San Geronimo Valley Historical Society Museum from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday outside the San Geronimo Valley Community Center’s east wing at 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in San Geronimo. The event will feature music, food and stories by longtime San Geronimo Valley residents. The museum will feature displays on a range of San Geronimo Valley history topics. For more information about the free event and the museum, go to sgvhistoricalsociety.org.

• In 1972, when Christo and Jeanne-Claude came up with the idea for Running Fence, an art installation across Sonoma and Marin counties, it was faced with both cheers and criticism. Learn more about what was considered one of the most important early public art projects at the Tomales Regional History Center’s “50 Years Since Christo’s Fence Plan” free panel discussion and film screening at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Tomales Town Hall at 27150 Maine Street in Tomales. Go to tomaleshistory.com.