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BREAD & ROSES




BREAD & ROSES



In 1974, a wonderful woman named Mimi Fariņa founded Bread and Roses, a nonprofit organization, designed to bring free music and entertainment to institutions: jails, prisons, hospitals, juvenile facilities, and nursing homes.

Mimi Fariņa was a talented singer-songwriter/activist, and the younger sister of singer/activist Joan Baez. She met folksinger, songwriter, poet, and novelist Richard Fariņa in Europe in 1962 when she was 17. They married in 1963. They recorded their first album, Celebrations for a Grey Day (released under the name Mimi & Richard Fariņa), in 1965. The couple released only one other album, Reflections in a Crystal Wind, also in 1965. Richard Fariņa died in a tragic motorcycle accident in 1966. He was 29. A third album, Memories, was issued in 1968.

After Richard's death, Mimi moved to San Francisco, California. Bread and Roses became active in the San Francisco Bay area. It is now a steadfast Bay Area nonprofit. Performers, program hosts, and other volunteers help shows go on each year.

Mimi Fariņa died of neuroendocrine cancer on July 18, 2001 at age 56. We lost a bright and beautiful light when we lost Mimi Fariņa.



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