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City of Mill Valley’s Public Safety Building at 1 Hamilton Drive. A citywide review this month of an array of options to potentially create an affordable housing development in town for the first time since 1986 quickly became largely a neighborhood’s defense of a pair of City-owned vacant lots near Scott Highlands Park. City officials…

Mark and Curtis Fong and Ivan the bird at Critterland Pets. Mark Fong needs – and has long deserved – a vacation that extends beyond a quick weekend camping jaunt. “It’s been a long run – it’s time to hang it up,” Fong says. That’s Mark’s take on his decision to close his Critterland Pets,…

Thirteen months ago, Kelly Scott opened Sundry, her second retail shop in downtown Mill Valley, a kitchen- and garden-focused complement to The Goods, her shop around the corner laden with “unique gifts, vintage finds, locally sourced treasures and lots of cashmere” at 6 Miller. Scott, the former owner of the Alpha Dog shop, plans to close Sundry in mid-November, but in the meantime,…

Some of the contemporary works on display at the Desta Gallery. Emebet Korn at her Desta Gallery. Desta Gallery, the Emebet Korn’s recently relocated art gallery from San Anselmo to downtown Mill Valley, is set to officially celebrate its arrival with an “Inaugural Opening Reception” on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2-4:30pm in a reserved space just…

At an event to celebrate its placement on the wall at 34 Miller Ave., local artist Wesley Cabral speaks about his creation of the “Heroes” Mural celebrating the late Rep. John Lewis and actor Chadwick Boseman. Art once again took center stage this weekend in downtown Mill Valley, as a bevy of local business owners…

Mill Valley Recreation is looking for businesses to participate by decorating their (socially distant) parking space or trunk in fun and engaging ways. Participants remain in their cars.  Scenes from Mill Valley Recreation’s “Trunk or Treat” event in 2018. As we’ve all become accustomed to in the COVID-19 era, Halloween 2020 is, in the words…

What does one of the most renowned event production companies in the Bay Area do when you can’t, um, have events?  Get creative, as always. Daniel Patrick and Erma Murphy of Murphy Productions are hosting a “Mystery, Magic & the Macabre” edition of their regular Saturday Salon on October 31, 6-8pm, via Zoom. “It’s a trick,…

Scenes from the Mill Valley Arts Commission’s “Knitting Us Together” art project in the Downtown Plaza, a collaboration with Kiddo. As previously reported, art with a purpose is certainly having a moment in Mill Valley. The creativity has spanned a group project, led by artist Zoe Fry, featuring a trio of free-standing doors in the Depot…

A Marin County Parks rendering of one possible future design for the Mill Valley-Sausalito Multi-Use Path. Courtesy image. Since its debut in 1981, the Mill Valley-Sausalito Multiuse Path along the 106-acre Bothin Marsh has long been one of the most popular paths in the entire Bay Area, with more than a half-million recreational users between March and November each…

Marin Theatre Company’s 2020-21 season includes works from, clockwise from top center, Margot Melcon, Leila Buck, Lauren Gunderson, Denmo Ibrahim and Adam Rapp. Courtesy images. As the Mill Valley Film Festival opens its 43rd edition this week with a mix of digital and drive-in screenings amidst the COVID-19 crisis, another major force in the Bay Area arts…