Archive for November 2021
MVFREE Members Host a ‘Spread Love’ Pop-Up for Bay Area BIPOC Artists at Proof Lab – Nov. 7, 10am-4pm
Members of MVFREE are directly supporting Bay Area BIPOC makers and artists by regularly organizing “Spread Love” pop-up retail events at Proof Lab, with the latest event set for this Sunday, Nov. 8, 10am-4pm. Proof Lab is at 254 Shoreline Hwy.
Read MoreGet In Where You Fit In: Play Marin Launches First Annual Diversity and Inclusion Walkathon – Nov. 14
Paul Austin’s Play Marin has long sought to offer Marin City youth the opportunity to participate in organized sports and extracurricular activities “to intentionally give kids of diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds the opportunity to learn and grow together through play.” To that end, on Sunday, Nov. 14 at 10am (meet at 9am), they’re hosting Play Marin’s first annual Walk-A-Thon.
Read MoreHaving Shut the Doors on Its Physical Spaces, The Hivery Rolls on with Digital Memberships
The Hivery founder Grace Kraaijvanger made the gut-wrenching decision to close the physical spaces of her female-fueled “co-working space and inspiration lab,” but as she made clear in that initial note of sadness, the Hivery continues onward in offering its Hivery Circle digital membership, a one-of-a-kind digital membership.
Read MorePandemic Public Art Project! Artist Teresa Rea Launches DIY ‘MV Art Zoo’ to Create Decorative Wire Animals
Teresa Rea has created a series of kits, including templates and steel wire, for anyone to make their own wire frame animal that can be placed on a fence adjacent to an SLP. In addition to the aforementioned animals, Rea has templates for coyotes, crows, dragonflies, foxes, mice, quail and squirrels as well.
Read MoreAfter Lengthy Delay, Dipsea Race Runners Are Ready to Bolt From the Start Line This Sunday, Nov. 7
For legions of Dipsea Race runners that have patiently waited through a coronavirus-induced cancellation of the 2020 edition and a postponement of the 2021 race from its planned June 13th launch to Nov. 7, the time has come. But it’ll be tough to pick a winner.
Read MoreMakers Market’s 2021 Open Artisan Faires Roll On – Nov. 12 & Dec. 11
Fall has arrived and Makers Market‘s regular series of monthly Open Air Artisan Faires at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard continues Nov. 13 from 11am-5pm, featuring “a lovely group of local makers selling jewelry, natural skin care, candles, home goods and more.”
Read MoreMarin County Public Health Lifts Indoor Mask Mandate for Vaccinated People in Most Settings
Just three days removed from metrics that appeared to force Marin to wait at least three more weeks before it could lift its indoor mask mandate, those metrics took a sharply positive turn late last week. As a result, the mandate, in effect since August 2, was lifted effective today at 12pm, making Marin the first county in the Bay Area to stop requiring face coverings in nearly all public places.
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