Food & Drink
Downtown Businesses Rally for a Sip, Shop & Stroll Around Town Visiting Some of Your Favorite Businesses, Who will be Offering Festive Drinks, Treats, Services, Discounts, and Much More!
Join more than 20 businesses on December 12th for the Downtown Holiday Bash! Sip, shop, and stroll around town visiting some of your favorite businesses, who will be offering festive drinks, treats, services, discounts, and much more! Each participating business will be handing you entry tickets for a chance to win one of more than $1500 in raffle prizes supplied by our great downtown shops and stores. The more visits from you, the more chances you will have to win! Come out for a fun night and support your local small businesses in Mill Valley!
Read MoreJohanna Becker’s Moonstruck Fine Jewelry Hosts a Trunk Show on Thursday, Dec. 5th Featuring the Work of Lika Behar – 4-7:30pm, 11 Bernard St.
“You can look forward to seeing local art on display, meeting the artists, indulging in some snacks and wine, and – of course – exploring our curated jewelry selection filled with timeless and statement pieces – something for everyone!” Becker says. Mark your calendar and join them at Moonstruck on April 2nd at 11 Bernard Ave. “Bring your friends and family along to share in the magic of art and jewelry!” Becker says.
Read MoreSweetwater Music Hall Hosts Lebo and Friends for Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz’s 50th Birthday Bash Saturday, Nov. 23
Sweetwater Music Hall is thrilled to present Lebo and Friends on Saturday, November 23, celebrating the 50th birthday of Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, the Bay Area’s beloved six-string virtuoso, singer, and bandleader. Best known for his work with ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Phil Lesh & Friends, and several other prominent acts in the jam-band scene, Lebo is renowned for his one-of-a-kind versatility, deft songcraft, and irresistible charm.
Read MoreDowntown Stalwarts ‘Musical Feast’ to Celebrate 100th Show at the Depot Plaza Patio on Friday Nov. 8th, Featuring a Special Appearance & Declaration by Mayor Urban Carmel – 5:30pm
On Friday, Nov. 8th, with Mayor Carmel and a City Proclamation marking the occasion, Musical Feast performs and celebrates its 100th show on the patio at the Depot Cafe & Bookstore in downtown Mill Valley. “Come Celebrate a special occasion in Mill Valley: it’s Musical Feast’s 100th Free Community Show,” says co-founder John Pearce. “After 100 Fridays over the past two years, Musical Feast has become a new musical tradition of live music, friends, families, and fun in the Plaza in downtown Mill Valley! Celebrate the occasion with Mayor Urban Carmel, the Musical Feast band and the Marin community for terrific line-up of guest artists, food and drink. Join us! Everyone is welcome! See you Friday Nov. 8th, starting at 5:30.
Read MoreAngela’s Ice Cream Co-Owner: “There’s Something About This Place. There’s the Beauty, the Connection to the Larger Bay Area – People in this Region Vote with Their Dollars”
At the other end of that Throckmorton Ave. block, there’s also no doubt that another relative newcomer, blockbuster hangout haven for a slightly different clientele is Angela’s Organic Ice Cream, the latest edition in a long line of fantastic ice cream shops in the 94941 (shout out to Baskin Robbins’ incredibly long run ‘til it closed in 2011.) In each case, the lines out the door say it all. Angela’s Organic Ice Cream was originally founded in Petaluma as Lala’s Creamery. Angela Garat and her son, Ignacio, purchased the business and recipes in 2017, and it’s been full speed ahead ever since. There is MUCH more to come, as you’ll read here.
Read MoreCar Talk: Jason Sibley Liddle Makes the Leap to Expand on Mill Valley’s Ever-Growing Car Culture with Moto Ranch Marin
“Creating such communities isn’t easy these days, with work-from-home, social media, and a sense of isolation haunting previously bustling places,” Liddle says. “This is my niche way to chip away at the loneliness pandemic, genuinely and with the intention of strengthening community bonds. Refine what real community is, amplify it, and repeat it in other places that need it. That is how I plan to create and spread positivity in the world—my contribution to the human race.”
Read MoreWreckless Strangers Celebrate Release of New EP “Blue Sky Fantasy” at Sweetwater Music Hall on Thursday, Nov. 21
Wreckless Strangers is a collective of six friends and musicians carrying the torch for San Francisco’s grand rock ‘n’ roll tradition. Their unique stew of “Bay Area Gumbo” melds the contemporary blues stylings of Bonnie Raitt and Boz Scaggs; the songwriting sensibilities of Sons of Champlin and Fleetwood Mac; the swashbuckling Americana of the Lost Planet Airmen and Peter Rowan; and the funk of Sly Stone and Tower of Power with a dash of Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane for flavor and unpredictability.
Read MoreLocal Kitchens Partners with Kiddo! in November – They’ll Be Giving 5% of All Sales From Nov. 4th-10th to the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation. ‘Swing by Local Kitchens for a Meal to Support Kiddo!’
Local Kitchens in Mill Valley is pursuing its mission to give back, bringing communities together through food. “We have loved being a business partner of Kiddo! to help further local children’s education through the arts,” the Local Kitchen s team says in a statement. “As a part of this partnership, we will be giving 5% of all sales between Nov. 4th-10th. Swing by Local Kitchens for a meal (or two) this week to support Kiddo!”
Read MoreFacing Cost Headwinds, Marine Layer Group Pivots to an Alternative Model for Massive Unoccupied BofA Building in the Heart of Town, Eyes Turning It Into Retail Use Along With Flexible Work and Event Space
Aimlessly drifting tumbleweeds don’t spend much time in the 94941. When an intensely-felt Mill Valley controversy arises, our community engages, often deeply so, to say the least. Few subjects have stirred the proverbial pot in town more than the June 2023 proposal for the membership-based Treehouse from Marine Layer founders Adam Lynch and Mike Natenshon, part of the team leasing and developing the former bank building at 60 Throckmorton Ave., all of whom live in Mill Valley.
Read MoreCindy Kamm, for Whom ‘Painting Is a Means to Express My Passion for the Color, Design & Magic of the Natural World, Is Our Artist of the Month for November – Artwalk Is Nov. 5th, 5:30-7:30!
For Cindy Kamm, “painting is a means to express my passion for the color, design and the magic of the natural world that surrounds us.” “My intention is to use the canvas as a window to stimulate the imagination of the viewer by creating real and imagined landscapes. Much of my work is based on biological principals and images, with an eye towards connectivity and ecology. My years of observation as a naturalist and teacher of biology has helped me see and express these connections.
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