Editorial: 50 years later, Bread & Roses still making impact in Marin

Fifty years of working to bring live music to people, young and old, shut away in hospitals, prisons or institutions is a milestone worth celebrating.

That’s the impressive work of Bread & Roses, a Marin-grown idea that the late folk singer Mimi Fariña raised into a nonprofit that today produces 600 free shows a year at 125 Bay Area institutions.

That averages more than one performance every day of the year.

Close to 300 performers put on shows every year.

Ms. Fariña’s vision ...