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Mill Valley Chamber Music Society presents a Feb. 23rd performance by award-winning violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and pianist Wu Qian. Courtesy images. The Mill Valley Chamber Music Society, the non-profit, all-volunteer organization founded in 1973 to present classical musicians in Mill Valley at affordable ticket prices, continues its 47th season on Feb. 23 with a performance by award-winning…

The name Martin Ray resonates deeply in the history of California winemaking, but the reason why is more complex than the great wine attached to the moniker. The prowess of Martin Ray Winery dates back more than 80 years, when Ray, who learned to make wine from Paul Masson, and then bought Masson’s vineyard in 1936,…

With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, third-generation calligraphy artist Sarah Hanna wants to help you express your love. The Sonoma-based artist will be at the Poet and/the Bench, the four-year-old lifestyle store and jewelry atelier space from Jeffrey Levin and Bonnie Powers, on Saturday, Feb. 8 (12-3pm). Hanna will address your Valentine by name or phrase as a gift from Levin and Powers with…

Needing a bit of love in your life these days? One of the of the missions of the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts is to foster individual creativity, and the vital arts organization is once again doing so next month with a Sunday Salon. These regular events – put on by Murphy Productions‘ Daniel Patrick and Erma Murphy…

The Rock and Roll Playhouse, a family-minded live concert series that seeks to inspire creativity and foster a relationship between children and music, is coming to the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley with a pair of kid-friendly concerts. The first, set for Saturday, Feb. 8, is “The Purple Party for Kids,” featuring the music…

Clockwise from top left, the 9-inch personal margherita pizza from apizza, apizza’s location on Fillmore Street in San Francisco, and the vacant former Gira Polli space at 590 East Blithedale. Since 2017, there hasn’t been a more visibly vacant commercial space in Mill Valley – save for the blank canvas that is the mother of all…

Former City of Mill Valley Manager Jim McCann, front and center in the top photo at an sendoff on Jan. 21, and below with city officials at events around town. When Jim McCann took the helm of the City of Mill Valley in 2010 after an 11-year stint in in the same role in Calistoga,…

ReCork, North America’s largest natural wine cork recycling program, collects and repurposes natural wine corks. The organization has planted 8,000+ cork oak trees, and recycled 109+ million corks. Ambatalia, Molly de Vries’ do-it-all sustainable shop in the MV Lumber Yard, and West Coast Wine • Cheese at 31 Sunnyside, have joined the network. Recycle your…

The Hellman Winter Stomp, seen here in 2019, returns to the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley on Sunday, Feb 23. Photo by Ken Friedman. Expect plenty of picking-and-grinning later this month when the music-loving family that has brought the world Hardly Strictly Bluegrass joins with friends for the Hellman Winter Stomp, an evening of American roots music, a buffet…

Fans of choral singing have one heck of an event in their near future, as The Redwoods’ Rock the Ages chorus teams with the Mill Valley Middle School Choir and Throckmorton Chorus to perform at the first annual Mill Valley Sings! Choral Festival on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2 pm at the Throckmorton Theatre. The trio…

Bloom’s retail shop at 1557 4th Street in San Rafael. Bloom, the San Rafael-based nonprofit that provides free wardrobes and life skills training to men, women and families transitioning to a life of self-reliance and looking for a job, has come up with yet another creative way to raise money to support its clients. The organization,…