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Our First Tuesday Artwalk Artist is Beth Davila Waldman! She’ll Show Her Work on Oct. 7th from 5:30-7:30pm and Throughout the full Month of October. Her Show Is Entitled: ‘Desert Intersections’!

Beth Davila Waldman is a cross-disciplinary artist using photography, painting, assemblage and installation. Her work explores the impact of socio-political trends on cultural landscapes, often through imagery laden with indicators of economic and social status, presented in a manner that emulates the sheer stress of imposed change. Waldman’s constructed vistas re-conceive the notion of sanctuary amidst the realities of colonization, and invite meditations on civil access. Waldman imbues her work with a unique materiality by printing or transferring photographs on a plethora of materials—from tarp to sails, canvas to paper.

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A Vital 2025 Environmental Health Services Workshop For Food-Serving Businesses – Friday, October 10th, San Rafael Community Center, 618 B Street, San Rafael. Free Parking (next to Safeway)

October 10 Community Workshop: Do you own, operate, or work for a restaurant, grocery store, or catering business? Are you a vendor at a farmers’ market or event? Do you manage a food truck or a coffee cart? Or do you live or work in Marin and eat at any of our food facilities?Ā Whether you’re a food business owner or enjoy dining at one our many restaurants and food facilities, we want to hear from you!

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Celebrating Local Excellence: Practice San Francisco, Which Has Locations in SF and in Mill Valley, Was Named one of America’s Top 100 Small Business by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce!

The United States Chamber of Commerce has recognized Mighty Minds Psychological Services, Inc., DBAĀ Practice San FranciscoĀ as one of the nation’s top 100 small businesses, naming it to the 2025 annual CO—100 list. Practice San Francisco was also honored as a Top 10 recipient in the highly celebratedĀ Culture ChampionsĀ category, which recognizes thriving businesses that are increasing their community impact as the result of remarkable internal culture and community. The CO—100, which received over 12,500 nominations this year, celebrates 100 outstanding small businesses across America. A distinguished panel of judges, including representatives from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, selects the Honorees based on their commitment to economic growth and community support.

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Bring on the Gypsy Jazz: DjangoFest Returns to the Throckmorton Theatre to Celebrate the World’s Best Gypsy Jazz to Mill Valley in Celebration of the Life & Music of Django Reinhardt – Sept. 25th to 27th!

“Since 2004 Artists from all over the world have joined us for spectacular concerts and inspiring jams – sharing their stories and laughter and hearing ours,” says Throckmorton founder Lucy Mercer. “None of it would be possible without you. Months before the festival, the planning and preparations, financial investment of substantial, upfront expenses such as artist visas, airline tickets, accommodations and thoughtful curating.”

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Poet and/the Bench Unveils a 10-Year Anniversary Opening Party with Between Soil and Sky!

Poet and/the Bench begins a series of celebrations of emerging contemporaryĀ design for their 10th year anniversary in November. On October 4, visitingĀ Topanga Canyon-based fine artistĀ Danielle HutchensĀ will be in person for herĀ Between Soil and Sky exhibition reception. Danielle has adopted using earth-friendly practices in her art. Her paintings primarily feature natural pigments she harvests and develops, a beautifully archival and non-toxic medium. Her new collection was created after the Los Angeles fires when ā€œsmall things– tender shoots, shy buds– started to unfurl. Life, working underground in the quiet dark, was beginning again and in a soft, yet vibrant way.ā€

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California Film Institute Taps Film Society of Lincoln Center Veteran as Artistic Director

Kuo will report to CaFilm founder and Executive Director Mark Fishkin. ā€œRose brings a remarkable combination of international experience, artistic vision, and deep commitment to the cinematic arts,ā€ Fishkin said in a statement. ā€œHer leadership will ensure that CaFilm continues to champion independent voices, engage audiences, and inspire the next generation of filmmakers.ā€

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Jay Tamang, a Longtime Whole Foods Employee and Multi-Talented Photographer, Continues to Show His Dazzling Work – This Time at Engel & Vƶlker at 78 East Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley, Nov. 4th, 5:30 – 7:30pm

In the years since JayĀ Tamang, a longtime employee at Whole Foods Market on East Blithedale, left his native Nepal in 2004, his thoughts have rarely strayed from his home country. Tamang, who spent years there earning $2/day as a trekking guide in Katmandu before eventually moving to the United States with his wife Biba and their children, has maintained strong ties in Nepal, regularly visiting and donating his time and money to lift his former friends, family and neighbors. That was never more true than in April 2015 in the aftermath of the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal, whichĀ sent Tamang and his family reeling. Tamang’s been an avid photographer for years, and he continues to showcase his work at venues all over town, including at Engel & Volkers.Ā 

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Sweetwater Music Hall, the Intimate Nonprofit Live Music Venue Established in 1972, Continues to Roll Out Amazing Music Just About Every Day of the Week – Here’s the Latest!

Sweetwater Music Hall, the intimate nonprofit live music venue established in 1972, is, as ever, continuing to roll out amazing music just about every day of the week. This latest blast of amazing music comes from in early October, when we’ll see… @reverendhortonheat on Oct. 2nd., Reverend Horton Heat, @dantyminski on Oct. 3rd, and Dan Tyminsky. @thealtons with @sinkane on Oct. 5th! – https://www.thealtons.com/ featuring Sinkane! Don’t miss these exciting shows!

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WPA California Folk Music Project Sustains Traditional Music of the Bay Area – “Tunes From Our Backyardā€ at Sweetwater Music Hall, Sunday, October 19, 3pm-5pm

Sweetwater Music Hall, the intimate nonprofit live music venue established in 1972, is hostingĀ “Tunes from Our Backyardā€ a performance at Mill Valley’s Sweetwater Music Hall on Sunday, October 19, celebrates the WPA California Folk Music Project, a collection of live field recordings of traditional ethnic folk songs recorded around the Bay Area during the Great Depression.Ā 

Between 1938 and 1940, San Francisco musicologist Sidney Robertson, working out of offices at UC Berkeley with funding from the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration (WPA), documented the music of ethnic communities around Northern California. With a small team hired from the state’s relief rolls, Robertson collected 35 hours of folk songs in 12 languages, along with photographs and drawings of musical instruments immigrants brought with them when they left their home countries for California. Robertson was the first collector to record folk songs of ethnic immigrants and call them ā€œAmerican.ā€

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