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​When former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Meredith May was a young child, she moved with her mother and younger brother from Rhode Island to Carmel Valley to stay with their grandparents “as their mother descended into depression,” according to the Chronicle. The years that followed, during which May grew extremely close with E. Franklin Peace, an eccentric plumber…

Mill Valley Philharmonic closed out its 2018-19 season in May at Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church. Courtesy image. The Mill Valley Philharmonic continues its blockbuster season-long 20th anniversary celebration on Sunday, March 15 with a Gala Concert at the Mill Valley Community Center featuring artistic director Dana Sadava and SF Conservatory of Music faculty member and renowned cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau.…

Photo by Kevin Berne. With Noura, which runs through Feb. 9, Marin Theatre Company has once again cooked up a thought-provoking production laced with issues like identity crisis, motherhood, marriage and the fragile architecture of what we call home. For Noura and her family, a Christmas celebration at their home in New York City begins as…

​Equator Coffees is no stranger to plaudits, but co-founder Helen Russell says they’re over the moon about their latest honor: a 2020 Good Food Award, one of less than two dozen doled out in the coffee division, which had more than 250 entries across the United States.  Equator won for its submission of Hacienda La…

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…