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The Sweetwater Music Hall crew. For the first time since, well, March, the Mill Valley arts community – largely unable to function because of their inability to gather people in a room to celebrate art in all its splendor – has gotten a few doses of good news on the relief front. Gov. Gavin Newsom…

The play, which gets a digital world premiere from Jan. 26 through Feb. 28, originated from playwright Lauren Gunderson’s realization that she was “waking up every day next to someone who specializes in pandemics when we’re in the middle of a pandemic.” Nathan Wolfe on the cover of the July 2020 issue of Wired magazine.…

The future home of the Marin Conservatory of Dance at 365-367 Miller Avenue. Marin Conservatory of Dance founder Melinda Neal, at top right, with her daughter Leilani, along with scenes from classes at the current studio at 448 Miller Avenue. Courtesy images. While there has been plenty of innovation, pivoting and amazing feats of resiliency…

Mill Valley Little League officials hope to open the season by April but acknowledge that a parade and opening day ceremony is not in the cards for 2021. In a typical January, Mill Valley Little League President Caroline Joachim and her board of directors are feverishly finishing tryouts and readying one of the biggest events…

Carlyce and Nick. In September 2020, the Mill Valley City Council approved a collaboration with ​Covia, a Walnut Creek-based nonprofit organization whose “House Mill Valley,” a program that matches residents with more house than they need with people looking for more affordable housing opportunities than Mill Valley currently offers. The program has already shown some success stories. Take the story…

Dr. Melanie Ott. Courtesy image. The fight against the novel coronavirus has been the monumental medical challenge of a lifetime, and few know that fight better than one of our neighbors. Mill Valley resident Dr. Melanie Ott, M.D., Ph.D., is the Director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology and a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco.…

There’s no institution in Mill Valley better equipped at sparking conversation and learning amidst a long-overdue racial equitiy reckoning than the Mill Valley Public Library. To that end, the library is hosting its first-ever city-wide read that looks at what it takes “to think openly and independently – to question our assumptions? We invite you…

Performing Arts Academy of Marin (PAAM), Mill Valley residents Annie and DJ Thistle’s multi-faceted artistic juggernaut that also includes tumbling and gymnastics hub Tumblespot, is launching on January 18 a new Studio Fine Arts Club Program for students ages 3-6. “This fun and active curriculum allows children to develop social skills and talents at a young age,” the Thistles…

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Dec. 21, 2020. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II). With Marin County’s COVID-19 case counts dipping a bit since the horrific post-holiday surge that triggered an indefinite…

Scenes from the Miller Takeover, summer 2020. For Marin restaurants, late 2020 presented a puzzling predicament: with outdoor dining banned as part of the state’s stay at home order, they were forced to rely entirely on takeout and delivery throughout the holiday season and to operate at a tiny fraction of their usual operations. The nearly bare…