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...
The Inaugural Mill Valley Music Festival, in Photos

The Inaugural Mill Valley Music Festival, in Photos

The Stage & the Scene All photos by Paige K. Parsons / Mill Valley Music Festival and Gary Ferber. The View from Above Photo by Alex McCutcheon. The Art All photos by Paige K. Parsons / Mill Valley Music Festival and Gary Ferber. The Food & Drink All photos by...
Mill Valley Music Festival’s Magnanimous Sponsors Have Made the Monumental Possible!

Mill Valley Music Festival’s Magnanimous Sponsors Have Made the Monumental Possible!

As you have read in this space many times before, the heart and soul of any music festival is, quite simply, the power of song. It can lift you up, infuse your spirit with joy and create a communal, sonic experience with your friends, neighbors and even those you’ve...
Love, Passion & Politics: Ben Harper, Our MV Music Fest Headliner, Oozes Soul Power

Love, Passion & Politics: Ben Harper, Our MV Music Fest Headliner, Oozes Soul Power

I’ve seen Ben Harper perform more than 20 times. On the East Coast, on the West Coast, from major festivals like Lollapalooza to postage-stamped sized venues in Santa Rosa and Philadelphia. At each and every one of those performances, through the trials and...
Mill Valley Fall Arts Fest Is Now Accepting Artist Applications for 2022

Mill Valley Fall Arts Fest Is Now Accepting Artist Applications for 2022

Scenes from the 2021 MV Fall Arts Fest. As has been the case with all of Mill Valley’s major events over the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most important outcome of the two days of the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival in 2021 was that they...
City Manager Alan Piombo to Retire in the Fall, Tees Up Recruitment Process

City Manager Alan Piombo to Retire in the Fall, Tees Up Recruitment Process

Mill Valley City Manager Alan Piombo. City Manager Alan Piombo, whose more than three-year tenure in Mill Valley, first as police chief and then as city manager, was laden with a whiplash-inducing amount of turbulence and innovative triumph, announced this week that...