Author Archives: Rick Gilbert

Sarah Cameron Sunde: Global Warming and Sea Level Rise

Sarah Cameron Sunde is a performance artist living in New York. I met her recently [...]

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Let ‘er Rip Supports Planned Parenthood

Good News!  My show, “Let ‘er Rip: Stories of Our Darkest Hours and Greatest Triumphs” [...]

Our Darkest Hours and Greatest Triumphs: Complete Show

Let ‘er Rip: Stories of Our Darkest Hours and Greatest Triumphs was performed on June [...]

Let ‘er Rip: The Final Beam

My new show, “Let ‘er Rip; Stories of Our Darkest Hours and Greatest Triumphs” filled [...]

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The Spirit That Enriches Our Souls

A final reminder, my show is this coming Sunday at the Dragon Theater in Redwood [...]

Redwood City Skateboarders / Book and Movie Recommendations

An afternoon at the Redwood City Skateboard Park Recommendations • Won’t You Be My Neighbor? [...]

Reminder: “Our Darkest Hours and Greatest Triumphs” Coming June 24

Success is related to risk-taking according to Adele Sheele, career and success coach. Adele Sheele’s advice, [...]

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Amazing Life Stories

    See and Hear Amazing Life Stories on June 24 at the Dragon Theater [...]

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The Three Acts of Our Lives

Act I of our lives, birth – 30ish, is full of self-doubt and uncertainty. For [...]

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Pot or Pizza?

Pot or Pizza?* When I started college in 1957, only “dope fiends” used marijuana. By [...]

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Let ‘er Rip: Our Darkest Hours and Greatest Triumphs

“Mister, this time you’ve gone too far. THIS is going on your PERMANENT RECORD!!! – [...]

A Musical Legacy

Ever notice how personal traits and careers tend to run in families? This is especially [...]

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New Show June 24, 2018

I’ll present my new show on Sunday, June 24th. at the Dragon Theater in Redwood [...]

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Katy McGlynn Gilbert Joins National Honor Society

Phi Theta Kapa is a national honor society for junior college students.To the thrill of [...]

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Chef Rick, The Man, The Myth, The Legend!

This Chef Rick thing is getting completely out of hand. For my birthday, the team [...]

Life is Short

    Life is Short I am 15 ½ and can hardly wait to get [...]

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Repeal the Second Amendment

  We mouse around the edges of gun laws. We legislate the size of magazines [...]

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Retiring Without Children? Sara Zeff Geber Can Help

PowerSpeaking former trainer and board member, Sara Zeff Geber has just published a valuable book [...]

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Chef Rick: Chien Flambe

Third in the famous “Chef Rick” series. Today, we go international with a little-known French [...]

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The Wall

Why the Stormy Daniels Hurricane Won’t Sink Trump

  Gotta love Stormy Daniels. It was reported last week that while working a strip [...]

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Why Interviews?

For my last blog post, I featured a story about Anne Salley. Anne sells her [...]

A Santa Cruz Street Vendor Makes A Difference

iPhone technology makes it so easy to record people’s stories. Meet Anne Salley who sells [...]

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Photos of the Week

I put aside my standard anti-religion rant as I talked to these two Jehovah’s Witnesses [...]

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