Downtown Mill Valley
2021 Spirit of Marin Awards to Honor Mill Valley Market, City Manager Alan Piombo – Sept. 24
In a typical year, the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce selects a business or “business citizen” of the year at Bank of Marin’s annual Spirit of Marin Awards to be honored for their community contributions and achievements. As we all can attest, 2021 was not even remotely a typical year, so the Chamber is honoring both a business and a business citizen.
Read MoreLet It Rip: The Sweetwater Music Hall is Ready for Its Closeup, With Proper Precautions Given the Moment
Showtime! The Sweetwater Music Hall says goodbye to its largely music-free 17 months this weekend, returning to a blistering live concert schedule fitting for a venue that has been a central piece of the legendary Mill Valley music scene for nearly five decades.
Read MoreIriefuse Frontman Joe Endoso Headlines Miller Closure’s Live Music on the Plaza – Sept. 4
This weekend’s performance, set for 6-8pm, features Joe Endoso, the frontman for IrieFuse, a popular Bay Area based reggae band that has performed at some of the largest reggae festivals such as California Roots in 2014 and the legendary Reggae on the River in 2015.
Read MoreAmidst Fire Season and a Drought, Marin Agencies Up Seek to Empower Community at Free OAC Event – Sept. 15
Between the seemingly ever-expanding fire season and this year’s drought, on the heels of 2020 the second driest year in almost a century in 2020, Marin has been on high alert for months. A pair of local agencies are teaming up with the Outdoor Art Club for a virtual presentation on both of those issues and, most importantly, what they are doing to combat our new realities and what residents can do to protect themselves and be proactive.
Read MoreAs Marin’s Staffing Shortage Continues, the Debate Over What’s Driving It Rages On
Of all of the complexities of the COVID-19 crisis, few have been more perplexing than the staffing crisis, particularly in the service industry. Staffing remains a major limiting factor when it comes to Marin’s major industry sectors returning to normalcy, particularly for restaurants, some of whom have had to reduce capacity because of lack of sufficient staff.
Read MoreIn the Wake of Mill Valley’s Long Overdue Reckoning Over Racial Inequity, Historical Society Takes a Look at How We Got Here
The immediate wake of the George Floyd murder – and the endless tragedies for Black Americans that preceded them – sparked such a stark, galvanizing global moment of protest in 2020, including in Mill Valley, that it was easy to view it in a vacuum. But the folks that run the Mill Valley Historical Society, and particularly those who create the annual MVHS Review, know all too well that nothing exists in a vacuum. Their 32-page, 2021 edition looks at the long overdue racial reckoning in Mill Valley, Marin and beyond in 2020, and puts it within the broader context of history.
Read MoreLocal Stalwart Jamie Clark Band to Perform at Miller Closure – Aug. 28
Late summer is almost here, the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival are on the horizon and it’s high time to bring one of our local stalwarts to the Miller Closure (5-10pm) for a scintillating set of live music on Aug. 28 (6-8pm), part of our ongoing effort to infuse vitality into our community during this insane rollercoaster ride that the COVID-19 crisis hath wrought.
Read MoreMurphy Productions’ Sunday Salon Returns to Celebrate Women at Amphitheatre in Old Mill Park – Aug. 29, 6-8pm
Murphy Productions, the acclaimed firm Daniel Patrick and Erma Murphy, has been hosting Sunday Salons – potluck-style meals that have attendees performing music, poetry, dance, storytelling and much more – for many years. The COVID-19 crisis has certainly put a damper on in-person event over the past 17 months, but the duo continues to march on.
Read MoreVolunteer in an Art-Laden Redwood Grove at the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival in Old Mill Park – Sept. 18-19
With nearly 140 artists scattered and thousands of patrons scattered throughout the massive, gorgeous redwood grove at old Mill Park, the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, set for Sept. 18-19, is a massive undertaking. To make it all happen, organizers need an outpouring of volunteers.
Read MoreFideaux at MVLY to Host a Puppy Adoption Day with Little Trooper Ranch and Odessa Gunn – Aug. 21, 12-3pm
On Sat., August 21, 12-3pm, Fideaux is hosting a Puppy Adoption Day with Little Trooper Ranch and Odessa Gunn, featuring an array of puppies at the shop that are in need of forever homes, so people can come by and meet them and possibly fill out an application for adoption.
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