Arts & Entertainment
Christina Mueller, Long One of the Bay Area’s Best Chroniclers of the Deliciousness and Beauty That Surrounds Us In Mill Valley, Has Done It Again – And We’re So Grateful!
We wake up every day extolling the bounty of natural beauty, amazing restaurants, world class arts & culture organizations, innovation and creativity that serves as the backbone of the 94941. It’s in our DNA to promote the heck out of the town we love. But it sure is amazing when others share that love of Mill Valley, as journalist and longtime local resident Christina Mueller has done below.
Read MoreIJ Music Legend Paul Liberatore Reviews a Smash Year in Music And Forecasts a Bombastic 2023 – MV Music Fest Info Coming Soon?
As you’re reading this, we’re already charging, or should I say floating, into 2023. I’m writing this on a gray, rainy New Year’s Eve, an appropriately misty vantage point for taking a nostalgic look back at some of the columns I’ve written over the past year about our ever-evolving, persistently resilient and, yes, historic local music scene.
Read MoreChinese-American Mamahuhu Debuts Its Mill Valley Book Club in Collaboration with the MV Public Library
Not content to just serve up delicious Chinese-American food in Mill Valley natives Justin and Tyler Catalana’s former Mill Valley Beerworks space at 173 Throckmorton Ave., Mamahuhu, Michelin-starred chef Brandon Jew’s more casual Chinese-American restaurant and his first move outside of San Francisco, is expanding its book club into Mill Valley with support from the venerable Mill Valley Public Library.
Read MoreSweetwater Music Hall Rolls Into January With Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio – Jan. 14
Ever since Rock & Roll and Blues Hall Of Famer Elvin Bishop first hit the scene with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band back in 1965, he’s blazed his own musical trail. In 2015, he formed The Big Fun Trio with Bob Welsh and Willy Jordan.
Read MoreArts Commission Seeks Musicians for 2023 Concerts on the Plaza
Mill Valley musicians: it’s already time to make your September plans. The Mill Valley Arts Commission will host outdoor concerts on Saturday, September 9th & Sunday, September 10th on the Downtown Plaza. Concerts will include performances from at least 3 musical artists/groups per date.
Read MoreMill Valley’s Terra Marin School Welcomes The Lunar New Year – January 21, 10am-12pm
Like past years, there will be Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese foods and traditional dances feverishly rehearsed by students. To minimize risks associated with the ongoing pandemic, masks are encouraged (but not required). We are proud of our safety track record, having hosted over 800+ attendees last year with no known outbreaks at our 2022 Lunar New Year Festival.
Read More‘After Much Thought and Reflection,’ Kiddo! Executive Director Bill Lampl to Step Down
“After much thought and reflection, I am writing today to share with you my decision to move on. With a strong leadership team, a healthy Kiddo! Endowment and Program Reserve, and the passage of Measure G and Prop 28, this feels like the right time for a transition.”
Read MoreOutdoor Art Club Doles Out $72,000 Via 20 Grants to Local Orgs Throughout Marin
The projects listed below needed to fit with the OAC’s purpose of being “dedicated to the protection and beautification of outdoor spaces, wildlife conservation, and other civic, literary, and charitable work.” They span 20 local organizations garnering $72,000 in grants.
Read MoreEmebet Korn’s Desta Gallery Presents Jeffrey Long’s 20-Year Survey of Abstract Paintings – Thru Feb. 16
From January 5 – February 16, with an artist reception and talk on January 14, 4-6pm, Desta Gallery presents a 20-year survey exhibition of abstract paintings by Jeffrey Long. In the last 50 years, Long has created an immense body of work and achieved great notoriety. “This exhibition features selected abstract work from the past twenty years,” Korn says.
Read MoreCity Puts 2023 RSVP Parking Stickers on Sale
City officials put the 2022 RSVP stickers on sale late last month. The RSVP allows residents free parking, up to the maximum allowable time limit, at any of the City’s parking meters, seven days a week, from 9 am to 6 pm. Prices are $66 each for Mill Valley residents first or second vehicles and $86 each for residents third or fourth vehicles.
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