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In the latest blockbuster example of a return to some degree of normalcy, one of the biggest artistic events on the Mill Valley calendar returns – in full – this fall as the 44th Annual Mill Valley Film Festival is set for Oct. 7 to 17.In doing so, it will return to in-person screenings at the CinéArts Sequoia…

Series kicks off on July 9 with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off at Friends Field, 8:30pm. As we continue to emerge toward normalcy, reminders of what normal looks like in Mill Valley keep popping up. Like live music returning to the Throckmorton Theatre, the top of Mount Tam and the Sweetwater Music Hall the long-awaited returns of the Hivery…

Makers Market‘s regular series of Open Air Artisan Faires at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard has been among the first to return to the calendar, kicking off last month and continuing  July 10. The Open Air Artisan Faires run monthly on the second Saturday through December – August 14, September 11, October 9, November 13, and December 11.  “These Open Air…

At left, Round House Cafe at the Golden Gate Bridge. Photo by Paul Myers/Parks Conservancy. At right, a rendering, courtesy architect Sarah Fucinaro, of the Equator Coffees cafe in the space. In the (hopefully) waning months of a pandemic that ravaged Marin businesses, Equator Coffees, which opened its Proof Lab cafe in 2013 and its 2 Miller Ave.…

Six weeks after debuting the thrilling ‘Tours & Tales,’ a deep dive into the past, present and future of one of Mill Valley’s most spectacular artistic landmarks, the Throckmorton Theatre is ready to host its first in-house live performance in 15 months. On Thursday, July 1 at 7pm, “The Gathering, A Musical Celebration of Reconnection,” features vocalist Deborah Winters,…

In the five years since Mill Valley resident Grace Kraaijvanger opened The Hivery, the female-fueled “co-working space and inspiration lab” has been an inclusive force of nature at 38 Miller Avenue. Two years ago, Kraaijvanger expanded the business to San Francisco, opening a second location at the Fort Mason Center for the Arts + Culture. And then the pandemic hit, and Kraaijvanger,…

La Ginestra reopens this week after 15 months limited to takeout and marketplace sales. A note from the ​Aversa Family: “We hope you and your families are well.  We want to thank you for your continued support of La Ginestra during the pandemic.  All of your efforts have been greatly appreciated.  It is hard to believe that…

Fez, a music- & meditation-inspired men’s clothing and home goods shop from Chris Kelley and Carolina Boutique owner Eli Loftus, made it clear when it opened in October 2020 that it had designs on being much more than a retail space. They’re launching that effort on July 8th with “Beyond the Narrow Life: A Guide…

Council tells to staff to proceed with a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit interest from the Affordable Housing Development community and allocate Housing Trust Funds to further study the site just north of the Public Safety Building. The potential site of a workforce housing development at 1 Hamilton Drive. The Mill Valley City Council…

Ready for a comeback. Save for a short-lived Summer Pop-Up Tiki Bar for food and beverage takeout in June 2020, and the more recent construction of its newly covered outdoor patio, the Sweetwater Music Hall has been the sound of silence for the duration of the pandemic. ​But after a painful, largely music-free 15-plus months at Mill Valley’s venerable…

KNBR’s Murph & Mac (aka Brian Murphy and Paul McCaffrey) return as the day’s emcees along with KPFA’s “Dead to the World” radio host Tim Lynch and DJ Andy Cabic of Vetiver. Tix on sale June 25. Counter clockwise from top left. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Father John Misty, Cha Wa, the Allah-Las and Teal Collins. Few artistic mediums have deeper…

The sloth-like development project at 500 Miller Avenue. Just a few minutes after the Mill Valley City Council unanimously agreed Monday night to further study the possibility of building a multi-unit affordable housing development on city-owned land on Hamilton Drive, it pivoted to push back on the Association of Bay Area Governments’ (ABAG) regional housing methodology for…