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Mill Valley Auto Repair owner Paul Haddad, at left, and his team. When you ask Mill Valley Auto Repair owner Paul Haddad how he’s established a reputation for honesty, transparency and candor over the 27-year life of his shop in Tam Junction, he literally just points to his customers in the shop, waiting for their cars.“Talk to…

Pastor Luke and his family. Courtesy image. Mt. Tam United Methodist Church Pastor Kim Smith, who helped steer her congregation through the tumult of the pandemic with programs like “At Home & Together,” a move to virtual gatherings via Zoom and Facebook Live, has decided to retire after 11 years at the church. On Sunday, July 11th, parishioners…

Scenes from the 2021 Juneteenth Festival in Marin City. From the spirituals honoring elders and ancestors at the outset to the inimitable smell of barbecue and a full afternoon of incredible music, Marin City hosted a moving, exciting, fifth annual Juneteenth Festival at Rocky Graham Park Saturday, right on the heels of President Joe Biden signing a bill…

UPDATE 6.17.21: As expected, Cal/OSHA regulators decided Thursday to allow fully vaccinated workers to take off their masks while at the workplace, conforming with California’s general state guidelines that took effect on June 15. The newly revised guidelines now align with the California Department of Public Health, which ended most mask rules for people who are…

Have you ever found yourself looking at a building downtown, admired its architecture and wondered what it looked like in the past? What businesses were there before? Mapping Mill Valley History is a new project that invites you to tour familiar streets and buildings and see how they have evolved over the years. It’s a collaboration…

With its 16th annual The Art of the Book exhibit in May, the Seager Gray Gallery continued one of its renowned exhibitions built around creative mediums. And this month, its 8th Material Matters exhibit does the same, unveiling an array of work that focuses on artists who interact with their materials in original ways, often pushing the boundaries of what their medium…

Mill Valley City Manager Alan Piombo and Arts & Recreation Director Sean McGrew. After a 16-month stint as the Interim Arts & Recreation Director for the City of Mill Valley, Sean McGrew officially had the ‘interim” tag removed from his title at the June 7th City Council meeting. City Manager Alan Piombo announced that McGrew, who took…

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…

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…