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Beyond the highly-anticipated 2024 music lineup that features headliners Fleet Foxes (Saturday) and Greensky Bluegrass (Sunday), and among other acts like Thee Sacred Souls, Margo Price, Fruit Bats, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, and Rebirth Brass Band, Mill Valley Music Festival will again host a massive outdoor vendor village featuring many of the NorCal region’s best artisans, creatives, and designers as well as important community organizations and nonprofits.
Read MoreIn Collaboration With Harness, the MV Chamber and 2024 Mill Valley Music Fest Are Putting Our Weight Behind a Trio of Non-Profits: Kiddo!, the Tam High Foundation and the Mill Valley Friends of Parks & Recreation – Give Back!
In 2024, we’re supporting an amazing trio of non-profit organizations that serve in vital capacities – two that support the learning and development of our students via Kiddo! and the Tam High Foundation, each of which has served as inimitable backbones for students. We’re also supporting our fields and facilities on which hundreds of kids play by shining a light on the Mill Valley Friends of Parks & Recreation, which plays a peerless role in town in financially supporting our amazing fields.
Read MoreProject Awareness and Special Sports (PAASS), Mill Valley Rec Host Spring Fling Silent Disco – Saturday, May 18th, MV Community Center, 4-6pm
We never get tired of extolling the amazing work of Project Awareness and Special Sports (PAASS), with the stalwart support of Mill Valley Recreation, to create award-winning programs for children with special needs. That work has spanned its multi-faceted Adaptive Needs Program and much more. The latest installment for this wonderful program is the Spring Fling Silent Disco hosted by PAASS and MV Recreation, on Saturday, May 18th 28th from 4-6pm at the Mill Valley Community Center. The event costs $5 per participant (pre-registration required).
Read MoreIJ: Marin County Sees Job Gains Despite Losses Elsewhere in the Bay Area and Statewide
Marin County gained about 800 jobs between January and February. The unemployment rate in the Marin County was 4% last month, down from a revised 4.1% in January. The rate was 3.1% in February 2023. Marin’s unemployment rate for February was the third-lowest in the state, behind San Mateo County at 3.7% and San Francisco at 3.8%.
Read MoreMarin City Historian Felecia Gaston and Mill Valley Public Library Archivists Unveil ‘Breaking Through: Black History at Tam High, 1910 to the Present’
The exhibit includes William L. Patterson, who graduated in 1911 and became a pioneering civil rights leader, as highlighted by the Mill Valley Historical Society in 2021. The exhibit also focuses on the creation of Marin City as the then-best integrated shipyard on the West Coast, and the history of redlining and racial covenants in Marin, among others.
Read MoreLove Is in the Air: A Valentine’s Day Inquiry Yields a Revealing bit of Mill Valley History
Snoyman also found a newspaper piece about the marriage of “Louise Anderson and Oren E. Lovett Jr., who were married in Reno on Thursday, October 19, by the Rev. Eickelberg. The bride has resided in Mill Valley for 18 months, being employed at Marinship. She was formerly in charge of Kay’s Gift Shop in Fairbanks, Alaska. She has a daughter who attends Tamalpais High School. The groom, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oren E. Lovett of 268 East Blithedale Ave., has lived in Mill Valley since 1916. He is a graduate of Tamalpais High School. He enlisted in the Navy and after a year’s service received an honorable discharge. He is now employed at Marinship.”
Read MoreMarin History Museum Spotlights ‘Mill Valley’s Early Growing Pains in the Late 1800s/Early 1900s
It was an enjoyable time in Mill Valley. Residents spent time at Mill Valley’s first restaurant, built in 1891: a two-story clapboard building known as the Mill Valley House on Miller Avenue. In addition, it was also one of the town’s first hotels. Owners Jesse and Lotte Bundy were known for their tasty veal stew and berry pies. In addition, the ice cream and lunch parlor were frequented often. In the evenings, silent movies were shown in a hall built with a plank floor. After the movies, the local children would fish for any coins that might have slipped between the boards.
Read MoreGive the People What They Want: Mill Valley Music Festival Has Released a Limited Number of Single-Day Tix, with Two-Day GA and VIP Packages Available Too – May 11-12
“We live in a community that has the depth of knowledge, busy lives, and willingness to travel to the most exciting live music festivals in the country. With that in mind, we’re thrilled to invite our neighbors and friends to pick the 2024 Mill Valley Music Festival afternoon that suits them best. With this phenomenal lineup across both days, there’s no wrong move – it’s all pure sonic joy,” said Jim Welte, Executive Director of the Mill Valley Chamber.
Read MoreMarin IJ’s Editorial Board Unveils Endorsements Across a Range of Candidates and Measures for the March 5 Primary Election
The IJ editorial board endorsements that are specific to Mill Valley for the March 5 election include District 4 supervisor Dennis Rodoni, Marin measures A — Tamalpais Union High School District tax and much more.
Read MoreMarin IJ: Mill Valley Seniors for Peace Celebrates 20 Years of Activism
The group is celebrating 20 years as an organization, which is still going strong with its ranks growing. It has more than 100 members and volunteers across the county.
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