Downtown Mill Valley
Suzanne Joe Kai’s “Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres” Doc Captures Journalist’s Career Chronicling Rock Gods and a Life of Familial Devotion
The man whose words put some of the greatest names in the history of recorded music on the map is getting the star treatment at the 44th Mill Valley Film Festival.
Read MoreAfter Lengthy, Covid-Induced Delay, Longtime MV Resident is Set to Open Paseo: A California Bistro in Coming Weeks
Ki Yong Choi is a study in patience, and stamina. The longtime Mill Valley resident, who owns a hotel and hospitality firm called Cathedral Hill Associates, set his sights on opening a revised and refreshed restaurant in the historic El Paseo space at 17 Throckmorton Avenue.
Read MoreLarry the Hat’s “Mill Valley Community Block Party” Returns to Downtown Mill Valley – Sunday, October 3, 1-5:30pm
The event features live music throughout the day, fun and games for the kiddos, a fashion show, lots of food, a beer garden to benefit Kiddo! and much more.
Read MoreGlenn Burke and Michael Lehman to Perform at Miller Closure’s Live Music on the Plaza – Sept. 25, 6-7:30pm
The Miller Closure rolls on into late September this Saturday with live music Saturday, Sept. 25, 6-7:30pm, continuing to infuse downtown with vitality during this insane rollercoaster ride that the COVID-19 crisis hath wrought.
Read MoreArtists Dazzle Across Myriad Mediums at 2021 Mill Valley Fall Art Festival
As has been the case with all of Mill Valley’s major events over the past 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most important outcome of the two days of the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival is that they happened, safely and beautifully in the always-stunning redwood grove at Old Mill Park.
Read MoreCity’s Extension of Outdoor Biz Program + Delta Surge + ‘Late Summer’ = Al Fresco Everything in Mill Valley
Despite the frustration that comes with indoor mask recommendations turning into mask mandates in a community in which 90% to 95% of 94941 residents have received at least one shot, depending on the census tract, there’s plenty to be joyful about. The coming weeks look ripe for al fresco everything.
Read MoreDevastating: Grace Kraaijvanger Announces Closure of The Hivery Co-Working Space, Effective Sept. 30
In a lengthy, gut-wrenching note to her members and followers late Friday, The Hivery founder Grace Kraaijvanger announced that the Fort Mason location has closed, remaining available for exclusive run-of-space venue rentals by the day through October 17, and the Mill Valley space will do so effective Sept. 30.
Read More‘Mapping MV History’ Digs Into the Sweetwater, a Bay Area Music Icon
Have you ever found yourself looking at a building downtown, admired its architecture and wondered what it looked like in the past? What businesses were there before? Mapping Mill Valley History is a new project that invites you to tour familiar streets and buildings and see how they have evolved over the years. It’s a collaboration between the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce and the treasure trove that is the Mill Valley Public Library‘s Lucretia Little History Room.
Read MoreMayor McCauley, City Manager Piombo Deliver the ‘State of the City’ at Outdoor Art Club via Zoom – October 7
Mayor John McCauley and City Manager Alan Piombo deliver the annual update via Zoom at the Outdoor Art Club on Oct. 7.
Read MoreMill Valley Historical Society Invites Kids to Paint a Full-Sized Model of Engine No. 9 Locomotive – Sept. 18, 25 & Oct 2
Calling all art-loving kiddos: The Mill Valley Historical Society is inviting children and their families to come to the Mill Valley Lumber Yard (129 Miller Ave.) on a trio of upcoming Saturdays – Sept. 18, Sept. 25, and Oct. 2, from 11am to 2pm – to help paint a full-size model of historic Engine No. 9, a 100-year-old steam engine that is the only surviving piece of the once world-famous Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway.
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