Downtown Mill Valley
NY Times: Should Policymakers Be Willing to Rethink the Status Quo of Cars and Trucks as Dominant Users of Public Space?
“Not allowing public space to evolve is self-defeating. We might miss out on useful changes to our hometowns or better ways of moving people and goods around.” “Officials and all of us need to ask what we want for our communities. That means thinking comprehensively about uses of roads and sidewalks.”
Read MoreFriends of the Library Launches Spring Membership Campaign
While the foundation has historically coalesced around large projects like the endowment, the Friends of the Mill Valley Library has a similar but distinct mission. They’re launching a Spring Membership Campaign to increase the size of its organization and its support for the library.
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 28
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Read MoreKimberley Carr Harmon to Showcase Her Photography at MV Chamber in April
Marin photographer Kimberley Carr Harmon, who says she draws inspiration from nature, composition, and an emotional connection to the earth, is set to display her gorgeous photography at the Mill Valley Chamber’s office at 85 Throckmorton throughout April.
Read MoreVitamin Em’s Improvisation Comes to Throckmorton’s Noon Concert Series – April 20
Formed in 2015 by Grammy-nominated and award-winning musicians from around the Bay Area, Vitamin Em celebrates jazz, funk, R&B, soul and fiddle music with verve, creativity and fearless improvisation. Lucy Mercer: “If you like to have fun, be exhilarated and groove to the music, this band is for you.”
Read MoreMV Volunteer Firefighters Association’s Blockbuster Pancake Breakfast to Return on May 30
Let’s be clear: pancakes are always a good idea. But when they come on the feels of two years of unimaginable turbulence, fear, loss and endless cancellations of Mill Valley’s landmark events, oh boy are we ready for the return of the Mill Valley Volunteer Firefighters Association’s Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, May 30.
Read MoreChanneling Walt Whitman’s ‘Barbaric Yawp,’ the Mill Valley Howl Returns for a Night
According to longtime Mill Valley resident Tom Singer, a psychiatrist, Jungian psychologist, writer and editor, it’s “not howling as we generally know it. It’s rather Walt Whitman’s ‘Barbaric Yawp,’ and coming from the poet whose work touches the soul of America, it is lovely and strangely moving.”
Read MoreTwo Neat Puts Out a Call to Artists to Turn Their Art Into Cards
Bijou is looking for some artists to turn their art into cards. Looking for some guidance on content and style? “We’re looking for humor, photography, humor, paintings, humor, cartoons, humor, wordplay, and humor,” Bijou says. Got it?
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 21
If you want to support this Enjoy Milll Valley Blog, including all of the News You Can Use below, you can make a tax-deductible donation of $75 or more to the Enjoy Mill Valley Fund, which supports shovel-ready beautification and infrastructure improvements throughout Mill Valley, from flower plantings and restoration of landmarks like the Gravity Car and Clock Tower to the free Movies…
Read MoreMill Valley Fall Arts Fest Is Now Accepting Artist Applications for 2022
As has been the case with all of Mill Valley’s major events over the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most important outcome of the two days of the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival in 2021 was that they happened, safely and beautifully in the always-stunning redwood grove at Old Mill Park. More than 140…
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