Osher Marin Jewish Community Center
San Rafael Wedding Location200 North San Pedro Road
San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone: 415/444-8084
www.marinjcc.org
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Description
When this long-anticipated architectural gem opened in 1991, it was an immediate hit with Marin County residents. It continues to be one of the county’s main social hubs, with a constant stream of people attending exercise classes, lectures, dances, theatrical productions and parties. It’s also one of Marin’s favorite places to hold a wedding, and just one look at this facility’s design tells you why.
Set at the base of a high forested ridge, this three-story Craftsman-style building is a masterpiece of exquisite proportions and detailing—including one of the Bay Area’s most beautiful interior staircases.
Its façade, screened by maple trees, is faced with brick on the bottom and finished with a smooth, soft beige stucco on the top. Rust-red window sashes and rain gutters complete the building’s subdued exterior palette. Inside, past the reception area, are three contiguous spaces that form the nucleus of the JCC’s wedding venue: the Hoytt Theater, an enclosed atrium that opens to a garden courtyard and the impressive Main Hall that con0nects them.
The Theater, with its broad stage, extensive seating area and professional sound and lighting equipment, is a flexible space suitable for ceremonies, receptions and dinners. Its sconces and light fixtures, which resemble white pyramids stacked upside down upon one another, give it an Art Deco look. For event coordinators this place is like catnip: one whiff of its ample size and high-level amenities, and their imaginations start buzzing with ideas. The venue is a classy blank slate that lends itself to almost any theme, and dresses up beautifully for a wedding.
Just outside the Theater, the terracotta-paved Main Hall has a peaked 30-foot ceiling of white tiles, supported by light-colored wood trusses. A row of glass doors along one wall leads into the spacious atrium, which can be used as one large room, or can be closed off with moveable walls to create three separate spaces. The central area, filled with natural light, opens onto the intimate garden courtyard.
Then there’s the JCC’s most compelling interior feature: the Elaine Rosenberg Stairway. This grand staircase has to be one of the Bay Area’s loveliest. It curves out in wide welcome at the bottom, then narrows and climbs, first to a spacious mezzanine landing and then up to the facility’s lofty top floor. The stairway ascends so steeply (a clever visual trick), that you get the impression it’s aspiring to reach Heaven itself. Many brides can’t resist descending this remarkable flight of steps during their pre- or post-ceremonial entrances.
Management here is fond of saying, "This isn’t your grandmother’s JCC," and they’re right. Grandma never had access to such an architecturally satisfying, state-of-the-art facility. And her JCC probably didn’t have this community center’s reputation for hospitality, either. While the Osher Marin JCC is set up to accommodate pre-wedding minyans and other traditional Jewish activities, it is a famously "Come one, come all" place. It doesn’t matter who you are; when you’re here, you are somebody.
Capacity
Ceremony |
Reception/Special Events |
Meetings |
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Max. Seated Indoors: 500 Max. Seated Outdoors: 50 |
Max. Seated Indoors: 265 Max. Seated Outdoors: 200 Max. Standing Indoors: 700 Max. Standing Outdoors: 300 |
Max. Seated: 500 |
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CEREMONY CAPACITY: The Hoytt Theater holds up to 500 seated guests; outdoors, the courtyard holds up to 50 seated guests. |
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Fees & Deposits
A $750 deposit is required to reserve your date. The balance is due 1 month prior to the event. Rental fees range $800–4,500 depending on space rented.
Availability
Year-round, daily, 4pm–midnight on weekends, 6pm–midnight on weekdays.
CateringBYOAlcoholBYOSites UsesCeremoniesWedding Receptions Special Events, Parties Rehearsal Dinners Business Functions/Meetings Services/AmenitiesCatering: BYOParking: large lot Kitchen Facilities: fully equipped, no catering equipment Accommodations: no guestrooms Tables & Chairs: provided Telephone: pay phone Linens, Silver, etc.: BYO or through caterer Outdoor Night Lighting: yes Restrooms: wheelchair accessible Outdoor Cooking Facilities: no Dance Floor: yes Cleanup: renter or caterer Bride's Dressing Area: yes View: garden patio Meeting Equipment: yes |
MusicIndoorsOutdoors Wheelchair AccessWheelchair AccessibleSite ViewsGarden Patio/CourtyardGarden RestrictionsAlcohol: BYOWheelchair Access: yes Smoking: not allowed Insurance: extra liability required Music: amplified OK |
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