by Mary Eisenhart | Aug 23, 2023 | Grantee News
Trombone Shorty Academy Checks In Last year, 2022 Ralph J. Gleason Award recipient the Trombone Shorty Foundation sent some amazing young musicians from the Trombone Shorty Academy to our December celebration at the Fillmore. It was a triumphant, uplifting experience...
by Mary Eisenhart | Aug 7, 2023 | Friends and Family
For many years now, Rex has presented the Bill Graham Award in memory of our founding board member Bill Graham, who we still miss following his untimely passing in 1991. And we often get the question from those who came along later, who WAS Bill Graham? Entire...
by Mary Eisenhart | Jun 27, 2023 | Friends and Family
We were so sorry to learn of the passing of bluegrass legend Jesse McReynolds earlier this month, and send our heartfelt condolences to his loved ones. Back in 2010, McReynolds released a CD paying tribute to the songs of Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia —...
by Mary Eisenhart | Apr 4, 2023 | Grantee News
Recent Rex grantee Green Change invites you to help celebrate the planet at Earth Day Marin, Sunday, April 23, from 1-5 p.m. at the Mill Valley Community Center. Tickets are free! Read all about it: Earth Day Marin: Create a better world Celebrate Earth Day and help...
by Mary Eisenhart | Mar 2, 2023 | Grantee News
We’re saddened to learn of the passing of legendary jazz great Wayne Shorter. Read the obituary in Relix Back in 2015, Rex presented a grant to Creative Realization Group to support Mr. Shorter’s project to develop an opera based on the classical Greek...
