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Ayad Akhtar, Whose ‘The Who & the What’ & ‘Invisible Hand’ Wowed MTC Audiences, to Lead PEN America
Ayad Akhtar. Marin Theatre Company has long cultivated theatrical talent and relationships far beyond its immediate purview in Mill Valley. MTC Artistic Director Jasson Minadakis and his team got another reminder of that fact this week when playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar, whose plays Invisible Hand and The Who & the What wowed audiences in 2016…
Read MoreThe Pandemic That Preceded COVID-19: The Outdoor Art Club Dives Into the Tumultuous Years of 1918-19
Submitted by the Outdoor Art Club and written by Lynda Chittenden with research provided by Melissa Kurtz. Looking at the 1918 image at left of a few Mill Valley residents waiting for the train on Miller Avenue, we imagine their world was similar to ours today. An Influenza pandemic had made it necessary to wear…
Read MoreMakers Market’s ‘Meet the Artists’ at Mill Valley Lumber Yard Rescheduled to Sept. 19 Due to Poor Air Quality
Makers Market‘s regular series of outdoor markets at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard returns this weekend as owner Suzy Ekman and her team are continuing to dip their toes back into outdoor, socially distanced gatherings with a “Meet the Artists” event on Saturday, September 12 from 10am-6pm. The event features an array of local artists and makers, with whom attendees…
Read MoreOAC, Clean MV Team Up for Boyle Park Cleanup – Oct. 16
For the second year in a row, the good folks at Clean Mill Valley and the Outdoor Art Club are teaming up to clean up Boyle Park. The event is set for Friday, October 16th, 10am to 12:30pm. “Be part of this fun and rewarding community service activity!” OAC officials said in an email to its members.” Join…
Read MoreStuck on Hold: Dispute Over COVID-19 Methodology Puts Marin Reopening on Pause – Update Expected 9/13
Per Marin County Public Health and Marin Recovers officials, news on Marin’s tier adjudication process with the state of California won’t be updated until Sunday, Sept. 13. We’ll update as soon as we get word. On the eve of Tuesday’s expected reopening of an array of business sectors in Marin for the first time since…
Read MoreOff the Wall: 500 Miller Ave. Project Goes to Planning Commission for Proposed Paint Color Changes – Sept. 9
A rendering of a 9-unit project proposed for 500 Miller Avenue. It’s been nearly two years since the Mill Valley Planning Commission rejected a proposal, within an informal study session, from the then-owner of the 500 Miller Avenue project to turn it into either a) a project containing 28 condo units varying from small to large, including seven below…
Read MoreCouncil to Consider Program Matching Homeowners w/ Underused Housing & Those Seeking Housing – Sept. 8
Should your favorite grocery clerks at Mill Valley Market be able to live in our community if they want to? How about our firefighters, teachers and police officers? If the answer’s yes, how do we go about making that happen? That work – identifying short-, medium- and long-term strategies to make sure that those vital contributors…
Read More‘A Presidential Election in Unpredictable Times’: The Outdoor Art Club Hosts KGO’s John Rothmann – Sept. 24
John Rothmann. In cases you’ve been living under the world’s largest rock or live every day by the mantra that ‘ignorance is bliss,’ you’re well aware that there is a U.S. Presidential Election on Tuesday., Nov. 3. The folks at the Outdoor Art Club continue to do everything they can to keep people informed, and…
Read MoreMarin Kicks COVID-19 Violation Enforcement Over to Cities and Towns – Mill Valley Will Focus on Education
One of the most difficult aspects of the COVID-19 crisis to navigate for government officials has been violations of health and safety protocols, from businesses not complying with the relevant health and safety protocols to people not wearing masks or practicing social distancing. After first unveiling a task force comprised of representatives from municipalities throughout Marin…
Read MoreWith ‘MVFAF: Beyond the Park,’ Fall Arts Fest Takes Its Annual Celebration of Art Into the Storefront Windows of a Bevy of Downtown MV Merchants – Sept. 18, 19 & 20
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival’s ‘MVFAF: Beyond the Park’ will put the work of 16 artists into the storefront windows of downtown Mill Valley merchants Sept. 18-20. See list below for participating merchants. Throckmorton Theatre Set Designer Steve Coleman’s window tribute to the renowned late puppeteer Lettie Schubert. Courtesy image. The folks behind the Mill…
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