Arts & Entertainment
Book Passage’s Elaine Petrocelli Delivers Her Holiday List of Books to Give at Outdoor Art Club Via Zoom – Dec. 3, 1pm
At a free Dec. 2nd event, Elaine Petrocelli, co-founder of one of Marin’s premier independent book stores, will highlight new literature and suggest books for holiday gift giving.
Read MoreMusic Heals International Tees Up 8th Annual Benefit at Sweetwater Music Hall – Nov. 23
Sara Wasserman’s Music Heals International, which brings music and musicians to the children of Haiti and globally “to inspire achievement, resiliency, and creativity,” hosts its 8th annual benefit show at the Sweetwater Music Hall on Nov. 23. The lineup features DJ Logic, Jay Lane & Dave Ellis from RatDog, as well as the MHI All-Stars with Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz and many more.
Read MoreVinyl Music Lover Alert: Record Store Day at Mill Valley Music Is On Nov. 26
Mill Valley Music shop owner Gary Scheuenstuhl’s past 20 months have been about adaptation to conditions beyond his control. But there have also been pandemic-fueled enhancements: more people stuck at home, ready to dig into their music collections and, most importantly, ready to buy some records and expand on those collections. Record Store Day arrive Nov. 26.
Read MoreMarin Theatre Company Readies ‘Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley,’ The Final Third of its ‘Pride and Prejudice’-Themed Trilogy – Nov. 18-Dec. 19
Through it all – the COVID-imposed postponements, the scramble to garner much-needed financial relief, the rush of late-pandemic shifts in the arts labor market and the the brilliantly innovative performances filmed on stage and streamed digitally – the Marin Theatre Company has persevered.
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 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 MoreHeartstrings Bridge Band, Michael LaMacchia 3io to Perform Live at Final Miller Closure of 2021 – Oct. 30, 3-7pm
The Miller Closure is going out with a Halloween-fueled bang. The fun continues this Saturday, Oct. 30, with the final Miller Closure of the year, featuring plaza favorite, the Heartstrings Bridge, a collection of vocal artists, performing 3-5pm, followed from 5:30-7pm by Michael LaMacchia 3io.
Read MoreBay Area Music Pioneer Herbie Herbert, former Manager of Santana and co-creator of Journey, Has Died at the Age of 73
Bay Area music legends and their legions of fans are mourning the loss this week of music industry pioneer Herbie Herbert, the former manager of Santana and co-creator of Journey, who passed away Monday at the age of 73 at his home in Orinda, according to Maria Hoppe, the executive director of the Sweetwater Music Hall and Herbert’s longtime assistant and family spokesperson.
Read MoreLegendary, Pioneering Comedian Mort Sahl Passes Away at His Mill Valley Home at the Age of 94
The word ‘legend’ gets thrown around too casually in our social media-fueled culture. But when one of your Mill Valley neighbors passes away, as one did today at the age of 94 after a career that saw him break ground as a pioneering stand-up comic who was widely regarded as the father of political comedy – ‘legend’ doesn’t quite say enough.
Read MoreAfter Lengthy, Covid-Induced Hiatus, Mill Valley Chamber Music Society Unveils 2021-22 Slate of Performances
After an almost two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 shutdown, the Mill Valley Chamber Music Society (MVCMS) returns for the 49th season of their annual Chamber Music Concert Series. Under the Artistic Direction of longtime board member and classical music enthusiast Bill Horne, MVCMS is set to present an all-new season of world-renowned musicians in an intimate setting at an affordable ticket price.
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