Enjoy Mill Valley Blog
The Enjoy Mill Valley Blog is the official storytelling platform of the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce — and the most comprehensive source for what’s happening in and around town.
Whether you’re looking to explore something new, support a neighborhood business, or stay informed about upcoming events, the Enjoy Mill Valley Blog is your trusted source for local insight — thoughtfully curated and proudly community-driven.
SF Bay Adventures Unveils Its 4th of July Holiday Weekend Lineup of SF Bay Sails
For more than a decade, Marina O’Neill has honored the adventurous spirit of her grandmother, Freda Marie Been, in thrilling fashion, naming the flagship boat of her Sausalito-based SF Bay Adventures.
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40-Plus Years On, Dave Fromer Soccer Continues to Thrive – Summer Camps Now, Fall Program in September
Right around the corner – summer goes by in a flash, as parent know – Fromer’s fall program at Hauke Park serves players from beginner to advanced, practicing, developing and having fun in a supportive environment of peers with weekday practices and fast-paced games on Saturdays.
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With Parking Fees & Fines Set to Go Up in July, Now’s the Time To Re-Up Your 2022 RSVP Parking Stickers – on Sale Now
As MVPD seeks to dig out of its pandemic-driven losses, with meter rates expected to rise to $2.50 per hour in some places, Mill Valley residents and visitors have an ace in the hole: the RSVP sticker.
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Buckle Up, The 2022 Movies in the Park Series Is a Doozy – Kicks Off June 24th With ‘Brave’
The free series of film screenings under the stars on a giant inflatable screen in local parks – all part of a collaboration among Mill Valley Recreation, the Mill Valley Chamber and the California Film Institute – returns for its ninth season with a quintet of blockbuster films across a pair of incredible venues. The Movies in the Park series kicked off in 2014 and has gotten bigger and better every year since.
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Save the Date: Volunteer at the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival in Old Mill Park – Sept. 17-18
MVFAF Volunteer Coordinator Phil Garratt hopes you’ll “think of one or two friends or family members you think might enjoy a day in the redwoods (as you do) and ask them to signup. That would help me enormously. Thanks in advance!”
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Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of June 20
If you want to support this Enjoy Milll Valley Blog, including all of the News You Can Use below, you can make a tax-deductible donation of $75 or more to the Enjoy Mill Valley Fund, which supports shovel-ready beautification and infrastructure improvements throughout Mill Valley, from flower plantings and restoration of landmarks like the Gravity Car and Clock Tower to the free Movies…
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Record Store Day’s Latest Drop Is Saturday, June 18 – Mill Valley Music Has You Covered
The arrival of rare or never before released always creates an extra amount of buzz at Gary Scheuenstuhl’s Mill Valley Music shop, the longtime go-to hub for vinyl music lovers throughout Mill Valley and beyond.
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28-Year-Old Eddy Owens of San Francisco Wins 111th Dipsea Race – Youngest Winner Since 1966
“When I reached the top, I knew I had the pace and the momentum,” Owens told the IJ. “I just kept ticking people off the list as I passed them on the downhill. I made the last pass on Insult (Hill) and I knew I had it.”
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MarinArts Presents: ‘The Art of Collecting,’ a Live Stream with the Mill Valley Art Dealers Association Gallery Owners – June 16, 12pm
The event is set to be the first MarinArts Presents, a series of unique arts streamed events that underscore their seasonal fundraising. At “The Art of Collecting,” gallery owners will discuss the strategies, best practices, and joys of purchasing artwork. The live broadcast airs out of the Seager Gray Gallery at 12–12:45pm.
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Artists and Poets to Perform Climate Disruption-Focused ‘World on Fire’ – June 18
If the climate disruption isn’t front of mind for you, a group of multi-talented artists, poets and musicians are bringing the emergency directly to the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in the form of World on Fire, a spoken-word and musical performance of 15 poems by diverse poets, responding to climate disruption and its effects on the planet, with grief, humor, remorse, outrage and love.
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Sunnyside Ave. to Close for Two Days – June 14-15 – For Re-Paving as Part of Blithedale Project
In an effort to support downtown businesses, there will be free parking during the roadway closures along East Blithedale (Throckmorton to Forrest St) and at the Depot Plaza parking lot.
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NY Times Puts Mill Valley Center Stage in the Housing Debate, From Nimby & Yimby to Kite Hill
Dougherty has turned his attention to Mill Valley, specifically longtime local resident Phil Richardson’s long-dormant effort to build a multi-faceted development project on his vacant 575 East Blithedale Avenue at Camino Alto lot.
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