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The array of retailers, restaurants, artists and professionals at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard are feeling the love this week, serving up a Spread the LoveKey contest via Instagram that gives its followers another opportunity to win a gift card to a MVLY business. The details: Visit the MVLY Instagram and look for the Share the Love posts. Tag 5 friends…

Center also opens up the gallery by appointment for the first time in nearly a year. Poster art by Mill Valley resident Michal Mudd. We’ve been saying it for 11 months but we’ll say it again: If you’re in the business of gathering people into a space to experience and celebrate great, visual or otherwise,…

Kantola’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion course is designed to allow learners to “step into the shoes” of individuals with identities that are different from their own and learn about how others can experience the same workplace in very different ways. Courtesy image. Kantola Training Solutions, located in the former U.S. Post Office building at 55…

One of the County of Marin’s COVID-19 vaccination sites is on Kerner Blvd. in the Canal district. Courtesy image. Since Mill Valley businesses got their first dose of good news in a while on Jan. 25, with Gov. Gavin Newsom lifting the stay-at-home order out of the blue, word on the street among local business owners has been…

At its Feb. 18th meeting, City Council to review recommendations that span affordable housing, cultural and recreational engagement, economic opportunity, education and policing. Scenes from a peaceful protest in Mill Valley, June 2020. Since the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, sparking a movement to enact impactful change on systemic racial inequality throughout the U.S. and beyond,…

In 2017 at the Seager Gray Gallery, the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center unveiled the then-new Mill Valley logo designed by award-winning graphic designer Michael Schwab and the array of new merchandise bearing that logo. Nearly four years later, the merch continues to capture the emotion and the pride that we feel living in this community, so much so that every time…

The Outdoor Art Club continues its series of free, engaging virtual speaker events in February with “What’s the Big Idea?” on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 1pm via Zoom.  The event, a look at understanding and appreciating art, features Julie Charles of SF MOMA for a fun and interactive look at different ways of seeing the art of our time, and…

Wesley Cabral’s “Heroines” mural, featuring Fannie Lou Hamer and Marsha P. Johnson, and the words of Audrey Lorde, has been installed on the wall at 34 Miller Avenue, home to Urban Remedy and the commercial kitchen of Equator Coffee. Courtesy image. Mill Valley continues to be infused with art that both educates our community about…

Despite the most horrific year for Mill Valley businesses in recent memory, local businesses have been incredibly resilient through the COVID-19 crisis. They’ve also innovated constantly, built out their ecommerce infrastructure and food takeout/delivery systems and worked with the Chamber and the City to repurpose private and public spaces to make it safer for customers to engage with…

Is it possible for a local institution to be both a widely acclaimed treasure and an criminally underrated resource? The Mill Valley Public Library might qualify if so, churning out award-winning programming before the pandemic and continuing to innovate throughout the crisis, hosting myriad virtual workshops and book clubs, engaging deeply on racial equity issues, and even…