Solemn Yet Joyful, Mill Valley’s First Memorial Day Parade In Three Years Was a Much-Needed Balm

Solemn Yet Joyful, Mill Valley’s First Memorial Day Parade In Three Years Was a Much-Needed Balm

Here’s a Look at the Day, in Photos. All photos by Ken Friedman. The Dignitaries Clockwise from top left, Councilman Stephen Burke, Mayor John McCauley, incoming Councilmember Max Perrey, City Manager Alan Piombo, Councilmember Urban Carmel and Stephanie...
Memorial Day Delivers The Full Gamut of Emotions In Weekend for the Ages

Memorial Day Delivers The Full Gamut of Emotions In Weekend for the Ages

The crowds were out in full force at the 2022 Memorial Day Parade. Photo courtesy Tim Ryan. The Tim Ryan Family Float centered on something we can all agree on: Gratitude. In the span of one Memorial Day weekend featuring a Pancake Breakfast, a solemn, thoughtful...
Curtain Theatre Returns to Old Mill Park With Shakespeare’s ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ – Aug. 13-14, 20-21, 27-28 & Sept. 3-5 (2pm)

Curtain Theatre Returns to Old Mill Park With Shakespeare’s ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ – Aug. 13-14, 20-21, 27-28 & Sept. 3-5 (2pm)

Two Gentlemen of Verona by Angelica Kauffman (1789). Love, Betrayal, Redemption…and a bit with a dog. That’s how the multi-talented group at the Curtain Theatre , which has produced free theater for more than 20 years, sums up its latest production – William...
Kiddo! Carnival Returns May 27-30, Caps Memorial Day Weekend With Post-Parade Concert

Kiddo! Carnival Returns May 27-30, Caps Memorial Day Weekend With Post-Parade Concert

Kiddo Carnival’s post-parade concert lineup features, clockwise from top, Catfight feat. Teal Collins, Rock the Ages and Wreckless Strangers. Courtesy images. One of Mill Valley’s biggest weekends of the year is almost here, and it’s a bonafide...
The Inaugural MV Music Fest Is In the Books – Who Do You Want to Perform If We Do It Again in 2023?

The Inaugural MV Music Fest Is In the Books – Who Do You Want to Perform If We Do It Again in 2023?

We’re over the moon at the response to the inaugural Mill Valley Music Festival! With a slate of phenomenal food, drink, art and kids’ activities – all to the benefit of our amazing community – the event was a smash hit. But the centerpiece of any music festival...
Mutual Admiration Society: We Created Something Special, You’ve Filled Us With Joy and We Can’t Wait to Do It Again Next Year

Mutual Admiration Society: We Created Something Special, You’ve Filled Us With Joy and We Can’t Wait to Do It Again Next Year

By Jim Welte THANK YOU. I’m old enough to have felt just about every emotion that one can experience in their lifetime. But my feelings on May 7th at the inaugural Mill Valley Music Fest were something else entirely. I spent an entire afternoon being stopped by...