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Film lovers gather outside the CineArts Sequoia Theatre for the Mill Valley Film Festival in 2014. Photo by Kirke Wrench. Cinemark, whose lease to operate the CineArts Sequoia movie theater runs through September 2023, announced this week that it plans to reopen the two-screen theater on July. The revelation came as Cinemark announced its plans to reopen all…

Karen Benke. In a lengthy, deeply informative thread today, Dr. Bob Wachter, the Chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine, took a deep dive into the COVID-19 data that’s trending in the wrong direction all over the country right now and how it should affect our decision-making in an economy that is increasingly reopening. He also…

[Update 7.2.20: Buckeye is set to reopen July for indoor and outdoor dining, as well as takeout/delivery. Reservations here].​As many of us have had to do over the past several months of the COVID-19 crisis, the folks at Buckeye Roadhouse is taking a pause. The 83-year-old landmark Mill Valley restaurant has temporarily closed upon learning…

Fifteen months after Chris and Lindsey Wanner opened the second Bay Area location of their West Coast Wine • Cheese shop at 31 Sunnyside Ave., adjacent to Kitchen Sunnyside restaurant in downtown Mill Valley, the entire foundation of their business – gathering people together to learn about and experience great West Coast wines – fell victim to the COVID-19…

As we all know, every local sports organization has been scrambling over the past few weeks to get ready for summer camps in the midst of a health crisis that requires extensive health and safety protocols. Dave Fromer Soccer has gone through that process and is unveiling its 39th Annual Summer Soccer Camps, with camps…

The Mill Valley Arts Commission (MVAC) and Kiddo!, the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation, are launching a public art project on the Mill Valley Downtown Plaza in an effort to create public art that brings the community together. Everyone can participate and/or enjoy the installation by walking through or driving by the plaza. This will…

The California Honeydrops, a blues and R&B band that formed in November 2007 playing in BART stations of Oakland, are set to celebrate the release of their Just One More, And Then Some EP on June 26 with a virtual performance at Sweetwater Music Hall, to be live streamed for free online. The one-night performance begins at 7pm PT. The…

Oh, man, are we close to the finish line. Since its launch in April, the Mill Valley Chamber’s COVID-19 MV Business Fund has raised $93,000 to support local businesses amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Every $1,000 raised equals a $1,000 direct cash grant issued to local businesses who met a baseline of criteria. The total raised includes $15,000…

Ceramic Sculptor and Painter Zwanda Cook, Executive Director Oshalla Diana Marcus and Painter Orin Carpenter in front of the MC Arts Gallery. Courtesy image. On Tuesday, June 23, Erma Murphy and Ellen Mattesi, co-directors of the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts their first ever Zoom conversation with another local arts organization.   “Join in and…

The Marin County Board of Supervisors quickly approved a resolution this week that caps the fees charged by restaurant delivery apps like Doordash and Grubhub, which just reached a deal to be bought by European food delivery service Just Eat Takeaway for $7.3 billion, at 15 percent of the purchase price of the order. The resolution, which we previewed…

Kavi Dolasia The Outdoor Art Club has awarded its annual Leadership Scholarship to Tamalpais High School graduating senior Kavi Dolasia.  The nonprofit organization established a $1,000 annual scholarship in 2019 to be awarded to a female graduating student at Tamalpais High School who has a record of strong academic achievement and has demonstrated exemplary leadership through activities…

A peaceful protest in support of Black Lives Matter in Mill Valley on June 5. Editor’s note: A five-hour, town hall-style meeting on the subject of institutional racism and systemic inequality is not business-as-usual for the Mill Valley City Council. In recognition of that, and of the multitude of voices that participated, we are giving…