Downtown Mill Valley
Men’s Clothing and Home Goods Shop Fez Hosts Photographer Lindsey Ross to Making Tintype and Ambrotype Portraits – June 18-19
On June 18-19, they’re hosting acclaimed California photographer Lindsey Ross, who will be making 8×10 inch tintype and ambrotype portraits at Fez from 11am-5pm. Ross primarily works with large format photography and the 19th century process of wet-plate collodion.
Read MoreMakers Market Lines Up Summer Market Dates at MV Lumber Yard – June 11, July 9 & August 13
These markets are free and open to the public and take place surrounded by the beautiful boutiques and eateries of ‘the Yard,’ offering the opportunity to stroll around the gorgeous MVLY with great food and drinks from Watershed Mill Valley, Eddy Bar & Bottle, Millie’s Crepe et Creme and Flour Craft Bakery Mill Valley.
Read MoreCurtain Theatre Returns to Old Mill Park With Shakespeare’s ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ – Aug. 13-14, 20-21, 27-28 & Sept. 3-5 (2pm)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is considered by some to be Shakespeare’s first play, one that jostles with themes and motifs with which he would later deal in more detail. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behavior of people in love.
Read MoreSweetwater Music Hall Revives Trivia Cafe – May 29
The folks at the Sweetwater Music Hall want to find out. They’re reviving the popular Trivia Cafe, starting this Sunday, May 29, 5-7:30pm. Hosted by Howard Rachelson, Marin’s trivia master and the author of the Pacific Sun’s Trivia Cafe column, the event features great questions, visuals and music from all categories.
Read MoreMV Arts Commission Tees Up Blockbuster Lineup for Concerts in the Plaza – Sept. 10-11
One of the bright spots during the 2021 chapter of the pandemic was the bloom of al fresco everything, with the Depot Plaza abuzz with activity, from buskers of all stripes and SF Opera performers on hiatus to socially distanced outdoor dining on picnic tables from the City of Mill Valley and all manner of impromptu gatherings related to diversity…
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of May 23
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Read MoreGordon Studer to Showcase Earthy Abstracts at MV Chamber in June – First Tuesday Artwalk is June 7th
Gordon Studer’s work is rooted in his discipline as an award-winning commercial illustrator, lending his work a strong, graphic cadence. The result speaks to liminal experience, interstitial time, and dreamscapes in deliberate forms in black atop a palette of ochre, sky blue, and crushed clays.
Read MoreSupport Downtown & Miller Ave. Businesses Amidst Blithedale Project!
We encourage you to regularly check the City’s timely, informative Blithedale Project page to see when and where work is occurring, and to make plans to support our local businesses and nonprofits. We all need to them to be around long after this project is complete!
Read MoreDue to Postal Delays, Organizers Extend Deadline for Memorial Day Parade Float Applications to May 25
To make sure as many floats as possible participate in the first in-person parade in two years, organizers have extended the deadline for parade entries to May 25. The weekend also includes the Pancake Breakfast, Veterans Ceremony and the Historical Society’s annual ‘Walk Into History.’
Read MoreFrom Famous Funk Rockers at MVMF to Wine Lovers Here and Beyond, MVLY’s Eddy Bar & Bottle Is a Smash Hit
Fabien Réty and Watershed owner Ged Robertson opened Eddy in September 2021. “For me, it’s about opening up the customers’ perspective in terms of taste. Without any pretension, sometimes you have to push them a little bit, and find that balance between French passionate and French rude,” Réty says with a laugh.
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