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It’s Almost Time to Once Again Shake Your Tail Feather, as the Arts Commission’s Free Concerts in the Plaza Return – Sept. 7 & 8, 11am-7pm

While the buskers and the bands keep playin’ year-round, one of the most exciting live music events returns September 9-10 as the Mill Valley Arts Commission’s brings back the Concerts in the Plaza series with two full days of live music featuring an array of acclaimed local bands, as well as a few exciting special guests.

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Marin Magazine Unveils 2024 Best of Marin County and, Once Again, Mill Valley Garners a Ton of Honors Across an Array of Categories

To no surprise on our part, Mill Valley businesses and nonprofits were successful in capturing awards across a variety of business types, particularly in Dining, Mill Valley romped, including Le Marais Bakery, Super Duper Burger, Floodwater, Kitchen Sunnyside, Samurai Sushi, Prabh Indian Kitchen, Watershed, The Junction, Cantina, Playa, Joe’s Taco Lounge, Sol Food, Corner Bar, Depot Cafe, Antone’s East Coast Sub Shop, Mill Valley Market, Hook Fish Co., Buckeye Roadhouse, Bungalow 44, Mamahuhu, Piatti, Lam’s Kitchen, Piazza D’Angelo, La Ginestra and Gravity Tavern.

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Mill Valley Engine No. 9 Reconstruction Garners In-Depth Coverage from San Francisco Chronicle Reporter’s Carl Nolte

Organizers have several sites in mind, the IJ reports, though they are mum on specifics. Proposals still have to be vetted, Runner said, acknowledging that there are few potential sites left in Marin. ā€œWe’re still working on the long-term goals,ā€ Runner said. The restoration work on the 103-year-old, 36-ton engine is being guided by brothers Jeff and Don Millerick at a workshop in Sebastopol.

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The Sweetwater Music Hall’s Transition to a 501(c)3 Is An Absolute Game Changer – to the Benefit of Other Nonprofits and our Broader Community!

The legendary Sweetwater Music Hall has legions of longtime followers. But even the diehards might not know how a massively impactful restructuring of the organization over the past year will not only lift up one of the best live music venues in the Bay Area, but will also do so for a network of tangential organizations that can benefit from Sweetwater’s transition. In January, Sweetwater began operating as an IRS registered 501(c)(3) so that they can continue to provide music programming to their community and to their underserved and youth communities. The not-for-profit status also helps the Sweetwater with its fundraising efforts to continue as a pre-eminent independent Bay Area music venue.

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SFGATE Unveils First-Ever Winners of the Best of Bay Area 2024 and, Not Surprisingly, Mill Valley Got Some Love

To no surprise on our part, Mill Valley businesses and nonprofits were successful in capturing awards across a variety of business types, a particularly massive achievement considering the fact that SFGate’s Best of Bay Area included the entire Bay Area in its purview:Ā “A reader-driven popularity contest with more than 150 categories accepting nominees, per Editor in Chief’s Grant Marek.

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O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Hosts Readings From Molly Giles, Katy Butler and Abby Wasserman – July 9, 7pm, Free With RSVP

On Tuesday, July 9 at 7pm in the OHCA Gallery, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts are hosting readers from a trio of brilliant writers. (Free but RSVP encouraged). The great Molly Giles is reading with Katy Butler and Abby Wasserman on July 9. “Please join us for an evening of readings from three very talented Marin authors,” says Erma Murphy, executive director of the OHCA.

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Remember the Wiggle and the Fervor that Followed About What to Do With the Additional Space? City Officials Have the Budget to Expand the Plaza

Regardless of where you stood on the possible extension of Depot Plaza at the time, one thing was clear: Mill Valley residents, businesses, employees and Mill Valley-adjacents had thoughts, as City officials received more than 1,800 individual responses to the survey. That’s more responses than the city received on any issue in recent memory, according to officials. (The who followed the Treehouse or Subway might disagree.)

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