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.
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Heather Wyatt’s Path Less Traveled Has Created a Premium Canned Cocktail Juggernaut
Wyatt says she’s thrilled to showcase all five of her canned cocktails at the inaugural Mill Valley Music Fest on May 7th. “Being from Marin, these types of events are few and far between, and opportunities, as a small company in the spirits industry, are very hard to get. There’s often no consideration unless you’re linked to one of the major conglomerates.”
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MV Volunteer Firefighters Association’s Blockbuster Pancake Breakfast to Return on May 30
Let’s be clear: pancakes are always a good idea. But when they come on the feels of two years of unimaginable turbulence, fear, loss and endless cancellations of Mill Valley’s landmark events, oh boy are we ready for the return of the Mill Valley Volunteer Firefighters Association’s Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, May 30.
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Channeling Walt Whitman’s ‘Barbaric Yawp,’ the Mill Valley Howl Returns for a Night
According to longtime Mill Valley resident Tom Singer, a psychiatrist, Jungian psychologist, writer and editor, it’s “not howling as we generally know it. It’s rather Walt Whitman’s ‘Barbaric Yawp,’ and coming from the poet whose work touches the soul of America, it is lovely and strangely moving.”
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Two Neat Puts Out a Call to Artists to Turn Their Art Into Cards
Bijou is looking for some artists to turn their art into cards. Looking for some guidance on content and style? “We’re looking for humor, photography, humor, paintings, humor, cartoons, humor, wordplay, and humor,” Bijou says. Got it?
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Dr. Robin Engelman’s ‘The Happier Hour’ Is All About Creating Good Habits and Breaking Bad Ones
Her exposure to the “Honor Yard” inmates set Engelman on a path of happiness research. “I was intrigued,” she says. “If they can be happy, why can’t we? The reason these men were able to thrive in such an unstimulating setting is that happier is not something to pursue, it is something to decide and then practice.”
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Kiddo! Celebrates Four Decade Milestone, Hosts 40th Anniversary Party at MV Lumber Yard – April 26
On April 26th, the Kiddo! community is set to celebrate a big ‘ol 40th Anniversary Party at the ever-gorgeous Mill Valley Lumber Yard (6:30-8pm). “Come celebrate as you enjoy delicious bites and beverages from Watershed Restaurant, Mill Valley Boards, Millie’s Crepes, and Eddy Wine Bar.”
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Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 21
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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Love, Passion & Politics: Ben Harper, Our MV Music Fest Headliner, Oozes Soul Power
At each and every performance, through the trials and tribulations of life, he has never failed to deliver a rousing set of full of his trademark blend of spirited political protest songs, searing guitar solos and sweetly soulful love ballads that make thousands go weak in the knees.
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Mill Valley Fall Arts Fest Is Now Accepting Artist Applications for 2022
As has been the case with all of Mill Valley’s major events over the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most important outcome of the two days of the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival in 2021 was that they happened, safely and beautifully in the always-stunning redwood grove at Old Mill Park. More than 140…
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A Grand Slam of a Day as Mill Valley Little League Parade Returns
One of the casualties of these past two years has been the touchstone that is the Mill Valley Little League Parade, a landmark local event that sends hundreds of little leaguers from Old Mill Park to Boyle Park to kick off opening day with gusto. This year, it returned.
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Mill Valley Recreation’s Spring Eggstravaganza & Egg Hunt Returns on March 26
Like all large gatherings, Mill Valley Recreation‘s Spring Eggstravaganza looked a bit different in 2021 with a trio of activities in place of the usual in-person egg hunt and bunny breakfast. But as we emerge from the worst of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, officials are ready for the fun to return in a big way in 2022.
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Alzheimer’s Association Experts Offer Advice for Caregivers at Virtual Outdoor Art Club Event – April 7
At a free, public, virtual Outdoor Art Club event on Thursday, April 7 at 1pm, Gene Girimonte and Shelley Dombroski from the Alzheimer’s Association are set to deliver a presentation on the distinction between Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
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