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To hear Ed Hardy tell it, when he was growing up in the 1950s, most kids his age dreamt of growing up to be firemen or jet pilots – there weren’t even astronauts yet. But Hardy had the wild idea of becoming a tattoo artist, seeing skin art as his calling in the mystical images…

Wink Optics owner Quynh and her family. Courtesy image. Wink Optics at 70 Throckmorton Ave. in Mill Valley. There’s no shortage of business owners in Mill Valley for whom their current professional pursuit is a second or even third chapter. Many of them put their careers on pause to raise their children and then dipped…

Terra Marin School and the Terra Mandarin Preschool & TK, which opened in late 2018 in the former Ring Mountain Day School space on Lomita Drive in Mill Valley, is ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year with a multi-faceted event on Saturday, Jan. 25 (10am-2pm) featuring an array of food and activities, including authentic dragon dance, martial arts demonstrations and…

Redwood Credit Union, which opened a full-service branch in the Alto Plaza Shopping Center in late 2016, is celebrating 70 years in business in 2020. The credit union, which was originally formed by seven County of Sonoma employees as an affordable means to make bridge loans to fellow employees between paychecks, has grown to offer full…

Mill Valley resident Chelsea Hutchison, owner of the BŌL superfood cafe in the Mill Valley Lumber Yard, is a realist.​“With two kids, a partner and a healthy coffee obsession we are far from a 100 percent reusable family, but by golly, we are trying,” she says of her desire to make a positive impact on the climate…

Mill Valley Music owner Gary Scheuenstuhl never lets an anniversary for his fabled Miller Avenue record shop go by without gathering his stable of all-star musician friends for a raucous concert at the Throckmorton Theatre to celebrate the occasion. The 2020 edition – for Mill Valley Music’s 12th anniversary – is set for Saturday, Feb. 8 and looks to be…

The paintings of West Marin artist Charles Eckart will be on display at the Seager Gray Gallery from Feb. 1 to March 1. Courtesy images. Point Reyes resident and artist Charles Eckart will showcase his paintings at the Seager Gray Gallery from Feb. 1 to March 1. Courtesy image. Point Reyes artist Charles Eckart has…

Panelists from the Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative, the Mill Valley Planning Department and the Marin County Community Development Agency gather at the Outdoor Art Club on Thursday, Feb. 6 to discuss priorities and opportunities for affordable housing in Marin, and identify common values on this important subject. The Outdoor Art Club Is at 1 West…

As part of our EMV Films series highlighting some of the myriad creative businesses, organizations and people in Mill Valley, we’re spotlighting the amazing network of health and fitness-oriented businesses in Mill Valley, particularly Fitwise Pilates, SF Running Co. and Body Kinetics Health Club. We’ll be highlighting more businesses, nonprofits and arts organizations throughout 2020!…

Scenes from Marin Sanitary Service in San Rafael. Confused by the seemingly never-ending fluidity of the recycling, compost and garbage landscape? Join the club. The folks at the Outdoor Art Club are hoping they can clear up some of the confusion by hosting a free “Talking About Trash” forum on Thursday, Jan. 30 at 1pm.…

A sampling of the artwork at the Kiddo! Art Show on Jan. 16 at Equator at Proof Lab. Courtesy image. A trio of sibling businesses in Tam Junction are teaming up on a creative, multi-faceted event to benefit Kiddo!, the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation, in its efforts to reach its obligation to fund art, music, dance,…

“Muir Beach Sunset.” Photo by Daniel Patrick. Over the span of the next six weeks, the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Gallery & Loft will be as chock full of fantastic art as any space in town. The nonprofit organization, which turned 50 in 2019, is set to unveil its Annual Members’ Show on Jan. 16,…