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Marin Theatre Co. Associate Artistic Director Nakissa Etemad. Courtesy image. Marin Theatre Company, which opened its production of American Dreams this week, announced that Nakissa Etemad is its first associate artistic director. Etemad will share producing, season programming, artist hiring, new play development initiatives, and oversight of the company’s education programs responsibilities with artistic director…

Marin County Public Health officials say travel outside the Bay Area will increase chances of infection and potentially spread the virus. With the holiday travel season almost upon usBay Area public health officers are joining hands to issue an array of recommendations designed to avoid a COVID-19 outbreak over the coming weeks and months. Public health…

Makers Market‘s regular series of outdoor markets at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard returns this weekend as owner Suzy Ekman and her team continue to dip their toes back into outdoor, socially distanced gatherings with a “Meet the Makers” event on Saturday, November 14 from 10am-5pm. In addition to live music from Live Music  by Matt Bolton (10:30am-1:30pm) and Dave Chapman (2:00pm-5:00pm), the…

Family Holiday Hunt, Virtual Tree Lighting, Holiday Performances, Santa & #ShopMV Like all of Mill Valley’s landmark events, Winterfest, the 94941’s annual holiday celebration, will look a little bit different in 2020. But much like our friends at the Mill Valley Film Festival, Marin Theatre Company, MV Memorial Day Parade and, well, every business and nonprofit…

There simply hasn’t been a more critically important public servant in Marin than Dr. Matt Willis over the past year, as Marin County’s public health officer has steered us through an unbelievable year of medical and economic turbulence, from a rollercoaster of COVID-19 data to the decisions governing the reopening of the economy. At a virtual Outdoor Art Club…

Jens Rasmussen, Ali Andre Ali, Imran Sheikh, Andrew Aaron Valdez and Leila Buck in a Zoom performance of “American Dreams.” Photo by Cherie B. Tay courtesy MTC. In a year in which the COVID-19 crisis has forced a Cirque du Soleil-level of flexibility upon arts organizations, the Marin Theatre Company has been at the forefront of adaptability, unveiling…

UPDATE 11.12.20: Hohoho, Santa Claus is coming to town, and has already been spotted around town, most recently on a visit to Tony’s Shoe Repair to get his boots, belt and buckle polished to shine bright for the Holidays. Santa will mostly be coming to you virtually this year, enabling us to see each other joyously…

From left, Quoc Phan of Tam Bikes, Super Duper Burger’s Jesus Garcia and Tamalpie owner Karen Goldberg. As part of our EMV Films series highlighting some of the myriad creative businesses, organizations and people in Mill Valley, we’re spotlighting the family-centric businesses of Miller Avenue, including Tam Bikes, Super Duper Burger and Tamalpie. Sponsored by…

What a $&#&%^* of a year. That’s the word from the folks at Equator Coffees at Proof Lab, and to show their gratitude to their diehard supporters through a year that seen one too many major calamities to contend with, they’re throwing a Customer Appreciation Day on Friday, Oct. 30. ​ “We have been so appreciative…

Tim Fleming, at center, conducts an eCycling session with clients in the parking lot across the street from his Endurance Performing Training Center on Madrona Street in downtown Mill Valley, Courtesy image. Forty-two days after Marin County came out of a herky-jerky appeals process with the California Department of Public Health and moved into the red tier 2, Marin…

Southern Marin Fire Protection District firefighters put out a small blaze at Vasco restaurant in Downtown Mill Valley on Monday, Oct. 26. Image courtesy City of Mill Valley. Vasco owner Paul Lazzareschi was one of the few restaurant owners in downtown Mill Valley whose eatery stayed open during the early hours of PG&E’s Public Safety…

Anyone who’s stayed at the historic West Point Inn over the course of its 116 years atop Mount Tamalpais knows that it’s an inimitable experience – a rustic, off the grid, community-oriented facility completely surrounded by nature. But despite being resilient enough to survive the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic that killed 50 million people, the closure of the…