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At center photographer Suz Lipman, with her husband Lippy (Michael Lipman) at the 2019 MV Memorial Day Parade, with her photos at left and right. Courtesy images. Mill Valley photographer Suz Lipman is set to unveil “American Stories,” a solo online exhibit, at O’Hanlon Center for the Arts from June 16 to July 30.The exhibit considers the activities…

Mill Valley artist Naomi Tamura’s “Letters to Muir Beach #1 Mixed Media.” The O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, which celebrated its 50th anniversary two years ago, is ready to open its doors after a painful 15-plus months of closed doors and virtual everything. The center is set to unveil a new exhibition juried by Mill Valley’s Natasha Boas, an international, independent…

The proposed site is indicated by the yellow line. In a year-plus in which the Mill Valley City Council has sought to tackle a wide range of major issues like police reform and the lack of affordable housing in the community, council members have hinted at their frustration at the limitations they face to make a significant dent…

Scenes from The Image Flow, at center and top right. Courtesy images, When Mill Valley photographer Stuart Schwartz decided to make the leap and open his multi-faceted photography business, he did so at a particularly fraught economic moment, just as the global financial crisis was spiraling in July 2008. But despite operating on a “gut feeling” that Mill Valley…

Over the years, Marin Magazine‘s Best of the County issue has highlighted the best our community has to offer, from where to eat to beauty to outdoor activities. They’re doing things a bit differently this year, opening up voting entirely to readers and expanding the scope of to include the wider Bay Area. For each category, they’re…

The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program, long delayed in its launch after it was included in the $900 billion stimulus passed by Congress in December 2020 (yes, you read that right) as the Save Our Stages Act, has had a bumpy rollout to say the least. The program is designed to provide $16 billion in dedicated funding for beleaguered live music, theater…

For the past 15-plus months, the word “event” has incited a similar reaction to the name Voldemort, as the idea of gathering together in any-sized group, for any reason, was verboten. That’s changing this month, and Makers Market‘s regular series of Open Air Artisan Faires at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard will be among the first to return to the…

Caltrans plans to make emergency repairs on northbound U.S. Highway 101’s bridge spanning Richardson Bay in Mill Valley, according to Bay City News Service. Lane and ramp closures will take place between June 1 and June 18, said Bart Ney, spokesperson for Caltrans’ District 4 office. The emergency repairs will require closures of lanes #3,…

Despite being hemmed in by the inability to gather audiences and experience the power of theater in person due to the slowly-receding COVID-19 crisis, the Marin Theatre Company continues to innovate.  MTC’s latest is Brilliant Mind, a co-production with Storykrapht, a partnership between multi-talented actress and writer Denmo Ibrahim and Marti Wigder Grimminck to reimagine theater in the…

West Coast Wine • Cheese owner Chris Wanner and his wife Lindsey. Courtesy images. Sometimes it takes a catastrophic event to rethink everything, to realize that a crisis has carved out an unexpected, bountiful new lane that reshapes the successful business you’ve built. The devastation wrought by the COVID-19 crisis has certainly provided that realization for…

Clockwise from top left, Lindsey Tenaglia, Luke Osborne, Natalie Nong and Fiona McDermott have received MVFAF scholarships and will have their art showcased at the 2021 MVFAF on Sept. 18-19. Courtesy images. On the heels of a 15-plus month avalanche of major event cancellations and virtual replacements, we just got word that the 64th Mill Valley…

“Mill Valley Story Walk” will begin and end at the library itself, with plenty of fun planned for up and down Miller Ave. The Mill Valley Library Foundation has long established itself as a powerhouse organization in support of one of Mill Valley’s treasures: the Mill Valley Public Library. It has done so in myriad ways,…