by mvchamber | Jun 22, 2022 | Art, Arts & Entertainment, City of Mill Valley, Downtown Mill Valley, Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley History, Parks & Recreation, Public Restrooms, Shopping
Sculpture by Bennett Ewing. 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. 17-18, is a massive undertaking. MVFAF Volunteer...
by mvchamber | Jun 9, 2022 | City Council, City of Mill Valley, Diversity & Equity, Housing, Local Laws, Mill Valley History, Miller Avenue
Kite Hill. As we’ve chronicled in this space over the years, New York Times reporter Conor Dougherty has written a series of riveting stories that lay bare America’s housing crisis. He’s done so throughout the western U.S.,...
by mvchamber | May 31, 2022 | Art, Arts & Entertainment, City of Mill Valley, Diversity & Equity, Downtown Mill Valley, Food & Drink, Health & Wellness, Kids, Live Music, Mill Valley History, Miller Avenue
Like cities and towns all over the country, Mill Valley is the midst of a long overdue reckoning with racial inequity, a process ignited by the the murder of George Floyd in 2020 – and the endless tragedies for Black Americans that preceded them, galvanizing global...
by mvchamber | May 4, 2022 | Arts & Entertainment, Kids, Live Music, Mill Valley History
Rita Abrams. Copyright Lisa Wiseman Photography. The inaugural Mill Valley Music Fest, a one-day (12-7pm), multi-genre music fest featuring five great bands and an incredible slate of food, drink, art and...
by mvchamber | Apr 18, 2022 | Art, Downtown Mill Valley, Mill Valley History, Outdoor Art Club, Philanthropy, Volunteerism
Ladies to the Rescue. Ladies to the Rescue, a book about the Outdoor Art Club’s founding and its extraordinary influence on the early history of Mill Valley, is now available for purchase from the club. The organization was founded in 1902 as a nonprofit dedicated to...
by mvchamber | Apr 14, 2022 | Downtown Mill Valley, Food & Drink, Mill Valley History, Mill Valley in the News, Mill Valley Lumber Yard, Restaurants, Shopping
El Paseo today (photo by Franklin Walther). Photographs courtesy of the Lucretia Little History Room. Construction begins on El Paseo. Note the removed windows and exposed beams on the street level. Mill Valley Record, May 17, 1940. El Paseo, the moniker for the...