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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Get In Where You Fit In: Play Marin Launches First Annual Diversity and Inclusion Walkathon – Nov. 14
Paul Austin’s Play Marin has long sought to offer Marin City youth the opportunity to participate in organized sports and extracurricular activities “to intentionally give kids of diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds the opportunity to learn and grow together through play.” To that end, on Sunday, Nov. 14 at 10am (meet at 9am), they’re hosting Play Marin’s first annual Walk-A-Thon.
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Having Shut the Doors on Its Physical Spaces, The Hivery Rolls on with Digital Memberships
The Hivery founder Grace Kraaijvanger made the gut-wrenching decision to close the physical spaces of her female-fueled “co-working space and inspiration lab,” but as she made clear in that initial note of sadness, the Hivery continues onward in offering its Hivery Circle digital membership, a one-of-a-kind digital membership.
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Pandemic Public Art Project! Artist Teresa Rea Launches DIY ‘MV Art Zoo’ to Create Decorative Wire Animals
Teresa Rea has created a series of kits, including templates and steel wire, for anyone to make their own wire frame animal that can be placed on a fence adjacent to an SLP. In addition to the aforementioned animals, Rea has templates for coyotes, crows, dragonflies, foxes, mice, quail and squirrels as well.
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After Lengthy Delay, Dipsea Race Runners Are Ready to Bolt From the Start Line This Sunday, Nov. 7
For legions of Dipsea Race runners that have patiently waited through a coronavirus-induced cancellation of the 2020 edition and a postponement of the 2021 race from its planned June 13th launch to Nov. 7, the time has come. But it’ll be tough to pick a winner.
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Makers Market’s 2021 Open Artisan Faires Roll On – Nov. 12 & Dec. 11
Fall has arrived and Makers Market‘s regular series of monthly Open Air Artisan Faires at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard continues Nov. 13 from 11am-5pm, featuring “a lovely group of local makers selling jewelry, natural skin care, candles, home goods and more.”
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Marin County Public Health Lifts Indoor Mask Mandate for Vaccinated People in Most Settings
Just three days removed from metrics that appeared to force Marin to wait at least three more weeks before it could lift its indoor mask mandate, those metrics took a sharply positive turn late last week. As a result, the mandate, in effect since August 2, was lifted effective today at 12pm, making Marin the first county in the Bay Area to stop requiring face coverings in nearly all public places.
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Do Your Part: Outdoor Art Club Hosts Blood Drive – Nov. 17, 10am-2:30pm
In conjunction with Vitalant, the Outdoor Art Club hosts its semi-annual blood drive on Wednesday, Nov. 17 from 10am-2:30pm at the OAC Clubhouse at 1 West Blithedale Drive.
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CO$T Gathers Star-Studded Panel to Dig Into the Road Ahead Amidst a Housing Crisis
A panel this week on the housing crisis, moderated by former Mill Valley Mayor and longtime Marin IJ columnist Dick Spotswood and featuring State Senator Mike McGuire, State Assemblyman Marc Levine, Novato City Councilmember Pat Eklund and Susan Kirsch, made it clear that the landscape has shifted in recent months on the housing front.
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Heartstrings Bridge Band, Michael LaMacchia 3io to Perform Live at Final Miller Closure of 2021 – Oct. 30, 3-7pm
The Miller Closure is going out with a Halloween-fueled bang. The fun continues this Saturday, Oct. 30, with the final Miller Closure of the year, featuring plaza favorite, the Heartstrings Bridge, a collection of vocal artists, performing 3-5pm, followed from 5:30-7pm by Michael LaMacchia 3io.
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City Officials, Arts Commissioners and Donors Gather to Toast ‘Halley’s Comet’ Sculpture Outside Community Center
Led by Mayor John McCauley, the group dedicated “Halley’s Comet,” an outdoor art piece that was installed on March 18 outside the Community Center – exactly 40 years early from its predicted next perihelion on July 28, 2061.
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TYSA, Carolina & More Will Be Serving Drinks and Treats to Celebrate Local, Women-Owned Businesses and Holiday Shopping – Oct. 28, 4-8pm
Tysa Wright is teaming up with her neighbors at Carolina and a number of other brands with local ties to host a Holiday Kick-Off Block Party on Oct. 28, 4-8pm. The shops will be serving drinks and treats along with other local, women-owned businesses.
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Bay Area Music Pioneer Herbie Herbert, former Manager of Santana and co-creator of Journey, Has Died at the Age of 73
Bay Area music legends and their legions of fans are mourning the loss this week of music industry pioneer Herbie Herbert, the former manager of Santana and co-creator of Journey, who passed away Monday at the age of 73 at his home in Orinda, according to Maria Hoppe, the executive director of the Sweetwater Music Hall and Herbert’s longtime assistant and family spokesperson.
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