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West Coast Wine • Cheese Marks Full Embrace of its Ever-Growing E-commerce and Wine Club Businesses
Fifteen months after Chris and Lindsey Wanner opened the second Bay Area location of their West Coast Wine • Cheese shop at 31 Sunnyside Ave., adjacent to Kitchen Sunnyside restaurant in downtown Mill Valley, the entire foundation of their business – gathering people together to learn about and experience great West Coast wines – fell victim to the COVID-19…
Read MoreLet’s Head to the Pitch: Dave Fromer Soccer Unveils 39th Annual Summer Camps – Larkspur, Mill Valley & Tahoe
As we all know, every local sports organization has been scrambling over the past few weeks to get ready for summer camps in the midst of a health crisis that requires extensive health and safety protocols. Dave Fromer Soccer has gone through that process and is unveiling its 39th Annual Summer Soccer Camps, with camps…
Read MoreMV Arts Commission, Kiddo! Tease ‘Urban Knitting’ Public Art Project on Trees in Depot Plaza in October
The Mill Valley Arts Commission (MVAC) and Kiddo!, the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation, are launching a public art project on the Mill Valley Downtown Plaza in an effort to create public art that brings the community together. Everyone can participate and/or enjoy the installation by walking through or driving by the plaza. This will…
Read MoreThe California Honeydrops Release ‘Just One More, And Then Some,’ Play Virtual Show at Sweetwater – June 26
The California Honeydrops, a blues and R&B band that formed in November 2007 playing in BART stations of Oakland, are set to celebrate the release of their Just One More, And Then Some EP on June 26 with a virtual performance at Sweetwater Music Hall, to be live streamed for free online. The one-night performance begins at 7pm PT. The…
Read MoreLet’s Do This Mill Valley: We’re Just $7k Shy of COVID-19 Fund’s Goal of $100K to Issue 100 $1,000 Local Biz Grants
Oh, man, are we close to the finish line. Since its launch in April, the Mill Valley Chamber’s COVID-19 MV Business Fund has raised $93,000 to support local businesses amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Every $1,000 raised equals a $1,000 direct cash grant issued to local businesses who met a baseline of criteria. The total raised includes $15,000…
Read MoreO’Hanlon Center for the Arts Hosts Virtual Conversation with Newly Formed Marin City Arts & Culture – June 23
Ceramic Sculptor and Painter Zwanda Cook, Executive Director Oshalla Diana Marcus and Painter Orin Carpenter in front of the MC Arts Gallery. Courtesy image. On Tuesday, June 23, Erma Murphy and Ellen Mattesi, co-directors of the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts their first ever Zoom conversation with another local arts organization. “Join in and…
Read MoreBoard of Supervisors Vote to Cap Fees at 15 Percent from Restaurant Delivery Services like Grubhub and UberEats
The Marin County Board of Supervisors quickly approved a resolution this week that caps the fees charged by restaurant delivery apps like Doordash and Grubhub, which just reached a deal to be bought by European food delivery service Just Eat Takeaway for $7.3 billion, at 15 percent of the purchase price of the order. The resolution, which we previewed…
Read MoreOutdoor Art Club Awards Leadership Scholarship to Graduating Tamalpais High Student Kavi Dolasia
Kavi Dolasia The Outdoor Art Club has awarded its annual Leadership Scholarship to Tamalpais High School graduating senior Kavi Dolasia. The nonprofit organization established a $1,000 annual scholarship in 2019 to be awarded to a female graduating student at Tamalpais High School who has a record of strong academic achievement and has demonstrated exemplary leadership through activities…
Read MoreFrom Policing to Housing, MV City Council Dives Into Systemic Racism and Inequality, Commits to Action
A peaceful protest in support of Black Lives Matter in Mill Valley on June 5. Editor’s note: A five-hour, town hall-style meeting on the subject of institutional racism and systemic inequality is not business-as-usual for the Mill Valley City Council. In recognition of that, and of the multitude of voices that participated, we are giving…
Read MoreBoard of Supes to Consider Capping Fees at 15% from Restaurant Delivery Services like Grubhub and UberEats
Regulation would be in place until the county lifts the order prohibiting indoor dining, which could come as soon as late June, AND the board rescinds it. It would only impact delivery services for restaurants in unincorporated Marin. Cities and towns would need to pass their own respective resolutions for broader impact. For the months…
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