Arts & Entertainment
That’s a Wrap – ‘Immediate Family’ Receives Audience Choice Award at 2023 DocLands Documentary Film Festival
DocLands Documentary Film Festival concluded May 14 after five days of in-person screenings at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center with the announcement of the overall 2023 DocLands Audience Choice Award for Denny Tedesco’s “Immediate Family,” which chronicles the journey of a group of close friends who became the premiere studio band for the musical icons of the ‘70s and beyond, giving us a backstage tour of rock history.
Read MoreHappy Feet Dance School Eyes 45th Birthday, Readies Performances at Dominican University – May 20-21
The performances are titled “What a Glorious Feeling,” showcase preschool through high school dancers as well as adult students. Both shows feature our advanced ensemble dancers performing original choreography to a Singing In The Rain suite.
Read MoreDanna Lewis Sits Down With Kelly Martin, Family Services Counselor at Fernwood Cemetery and Funeral Home
Soon after joining the company, our Director asked me to get things going with the Chamber again, our membership had declined. I joined the Chamber representing Fernwood and then recently became an Ambassador for the Chamber of Commerce as well.
Read MoreThe 2023 Mill Valley Music Fest Is Almost Here: Know Who’s Performing When and the Various Ways to Get There Free and Easy – Come Hungry and Ready to Dance – May 13-14
We’re also leveraging the incredibly generous support from our sponsors by turning each Community Sponsorship into scholarship tickets for students and artists who might not otherwise be able to attend MVMF That tally is up to more than 420 scholarship tickets as of this week!!
Read MoreDocLands Documentary Film Festival Returns May 10-14, Opens With The Indigo Girls & Closes With ‘Razing Liberty Square’
When Mill Valley Film Festival organizers at the California Film Institute dove into launching the inaugural DocLands documentary film festival several years ago, they did so with the wind of an ever-growing MVFF behind them, as well as the knowledge that documentary filmmaking had taken a quantum leap forward in terms of both quality and popularity.
Read More49th Annual Muir Beach Volunteer Firemen’s BBQ Returns – May 28
Muir Beach Volunteer Firefighters embody the essence of what makes Muir Beach great; the spirit of community, the willingness to step up and volunteer, and the desire to help others with no expectation for reward other than knowing that their actions make a difference. Muir Beach Volunteer Fire Department has been in operation for 50 years.
Read MoreBaffled By the Rise of ChatGPT and Its Ilk? This 12-Year-Old Mill Valley Student Has You Covered – May 18
Whatever your preferred news medium, there are few subjects dominating the discourse more these days than ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI and released in November 2022, with OpenAI’s garnering a valuation of a whopping $29 billion. The discussion around ChatGPT has varied widely, from concerns about and the advantages likely gained by those who act…
Read MoreThe Riveting Roster of Bands on the Sweetwater Stage at MV Music Fest Gets Even Bigger with Punk Rockers’ Yorn’s Apostles – See Them on May 14
Yorn’s Apostles joins the Sweetwater Side Stage, powered by the legendary Sweetwater Music Hall – serves up six incredible bands across two days at the southern end of Friends Field. Those bands will perform while our ace sound crew turns over the main stage between bands.
Read MoreFrom the Wreckage of Wildfires and Power Shutoffs, a Mill Valley Star Is Born – Moxion Power is Changing the Game Across Myriad Industries
In a thrilling twist, those disruptive months in 2019 have birthed a Mill Valley-grown company that is seeing a massive spike in growth and employees (nearing 300), as well as an infusion of investment from some of the biggest companies in the world. Most importantly, the company – Moxion Power, whose manufacturing facility is based in Richmond – is squarely focused on reducing the carbon footprint for industries that have historically not done so.
Read MoreMill Valley Art Dealer Anthony Meier Announces Representation of SF-Based Artist Jesse Schlesinger
Trained in a wide array of traditional crafts and material processes including woodworking, bronze casting, glassblowing, ceramics, and stone carving, Schlesinger’s work evidences an appreciation for the intricacies of craftsmanship. This is reflective of his upbringing as the son of a carpenter and his respect for his skilled fabricators and studio assistant, Robbie Gould.
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