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State’s new framework for COVID-19 metrics provides clarity and presents possibilities for continued business reopening but also requires continued vigilance. The main dining room at Buckeye Roadhouse. By nearly all accounts, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s unveiling late last week of the new Blueprint for a Safer Economy, a revised statewide framework for business reopening amidst the COVID-19…

Multi-faceted nonprofit organization seeks sponsors. GO HERE FOR INFO. Performing Stars, the nonprofit arts organization in Marin City that has supported more than 3,000 children in its 30-year history, was founded by Felecia Gaston, at top right. Courtesy images. Felecia Gaston, founder of the Performing Stars nonprofit organization in Marin City that has lifted up…

Sunday evening collaboration between Throckmorton Theatre and Mill Valley Chamber draws rave reviews – and inquisitive kiddos. Scenes from the Sunday evening performances of SF Opera Orchestra musicians affiliated with the Throckmorton Theatre as part of the Miller Ave. street closure each weekend. Courtesy images. ​For Beni Shinohara, the joy of performing outside alongside her…

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Karen Olson, owner of Juice Girl, whose restaurant participates in the Great Plates Program. Over the course of the COVID-19 crisis in Marin, there have been no shortage of innovative programs to both feed frontlines workers and the elderly while also generating some much-needed revenue for local restaurants. Since March, that has included Feed the Frontlines…

Rev. Moose, executive director of National Independent Venue Association, at left, is joined by LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy and Senator Chuck Schumer at a press conference announcing support for bipartisan legislation aimed at providing relief to independent live venues, promoters and festivals. Courtesy image. The COVID-19 crisis has been devastating, to varying degrees, for…

Joan Baez’s portrait of her sister, Mimi Farina. Courtesy image. Three years after Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray landed the first solo painting exhibit from legendary singer-songwriter and activist Joan Baez with “Mischief Makers” a series of acrylic paintings of some of the most famous “risk-taking revolutionaries” at their Seager Gray Gallery at 108 Throckmorton Avenue, the trio are collaborating again. This time Baez, the…

Because Marin has among the highest testing rates in the state, local case rates are adjusted downward, which places Marin among counties that may move into the less restrictive “red” tier starting September 8, a move that could set the stage for some indoor dining. The Shavery Barbershop and Revery Salon on East Blithedale Ave. Mill…

Modify owner Juli Lippire. The COVID-19 crisis has been hard on all of us, but Mill Valley’s seniors have been particularly vulnerable during these past six months. Fortunately, residents of The Redwoods, Mill Valley’s community of seniors, have had the support of a stalwart, dedicated staff and an array of volunteers, both internal and from throughout…

Street takeovers will also occur over Labor Day Weekend on Monday, Sept. 7. For five straight weekends, Mill Valley residents and guests have made clear that their appetite for al fresco dining and shopping options is robust and passionate. They’ve turned out in droves for the #MillerTakeover, a Slow Streets-styled, weekend-long closure of Miller Avenue between Throckmorton…