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.
Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 14
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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Headphones On, Volume Up: Dig Into the Incredible Music Catalogs of Mill Valley Music Festival Performers Via These Playlists
At its core, MVMF is about reveling in musical creativity from a heady, multi-genre mix of diverse national and local acts. If you aren’t familiar with all of the artists on our main stage, we’ve got you covered! Check out the playlists below for each of our main stage performers.
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City Manager Alan Piombo to Retire in the Fall, Tees Up Recruitment Process
City Manager Alan Piombo, whose more than three-year tenure in Mill Valley, first as police chief and then as city manager, was laden with a whiplash-inducing amount of turbulence and innovative triumph, announced this week that he plans to retire in the fall.
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Infused With Both Public and Private Investment, Council Backs New Lease on Life for MV Golf Course
The Mill Valley Golf Course, a gorgeous, 9-hole, 42-acre, par 33 golfers’ staple ever since it opened for play 102 years ago, has a new lease on life. The City Council voted unanimously on Feb. 22 to approve an agreement with Touchstone Golf, a Bay Area golf course management company whose 40-course portfolio also includes the Presidio…
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Equator Coffees Opens in Culver City, Donates 10% of First Week Sales to LA’s LGBT Center
Just a few months on the heels of taking over the historiC Round House Cafe at the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, Equator opened a new location this week at the Ivy Station development in Culver City.
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Jeff Greenwald Brings ‘108 Beloved Objects’ Solo Performance to Virtual Outdoor Art Club – March 31
What do a pink elephant, a Cuban beer bottle, and a Krishna statue have in common? All are among the 108 Beloved Objects featured in author, journalist and ethical traveler Jeff Greenwald’s new one-man show. This is a free, virtual Outdoor Art Club event on Thursday, March 31 at 1pm.
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Makers Market Unveils Spring Dates for Outdoor Market at MV Lumber Yard
Spring is here and Makers Market has unveiled the upcoming dates for their regular series of monthly Outdoor Markets at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard. The series returns March 12, 11am-5pm, with some of the best local makers offering jewelry, organic body, CBD products, candles, plants, home goods, apparel, glass, and more.
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Encore: Let’s Have a Pandemic Anniversary Howl – March 22, 8pm-8:05pm
Remember when, as were stuck inside for weeks at a time if not longer, we hopped onto our patios, decks and sidewalks to howl as we navigated those bewildering initial months of the COVID-19 crisis? Two years ago this month, the world as we know it went sideways, quickly, dramatically and with horrifically cascading impacts.…
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Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 7
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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Tamalpie Owner Karen Goldberg Debuts ‘The Warehouse’ Consignment Exchange
From tech titans and Shark Tank contestants to execs seeking to back young people with compelling business ideas, Mill Valley is steeped in entrepreneurial spirit. But few have done serial entrepreneurship like Karen Goldberg, who has created myriad local brick-and-mortar businesses over the years.
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And Now for Something Completely Unexpected: Brick & Mortar Topped Online Stores in 2021 – Seriously
Consumers’ seemingly unrelenting appetite for online shopping, exacerbated by more than two years of a global pandemic when many of us were limited at times to only online shopping, took an unanticipated turn in 2021.
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MV Arts Commission Unveils All-Female Comedy in the Plaza – June 16
The ladies are taking over the Mill Valley Arts Commission’s vaunted Comedy in the Plaza in 2022. For the first time in its history, Mill Valley’s annual evening of hilarity on the downtown plaza features a trio of amazing, multi-talented female comics. The free event is set for Thursday, June 16.
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