The White Chip Tickets
Enter for a chance to win tickets to The White Chip at the Marin Theatre in Mill Valley playing August 27–September 20. Drawing September 3, 2026.
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Carlos Reyes Tickets
Enter for a chance to win tickets to Carlos Reyes with Special Guests at the Inn at Occidental View's Sunset Concert Series on Sunday, September 13. Drawing Date is September 7, 2026.
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival Tickets
Enter to win tickets to the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival at Old Mill Park in Mill Valley on September 19–20. Drawing Date is September 10, 2026.
Sonoma County VegFest Tickets
Enter for a chance to win tickets to Sonoma County VegFest at Santa Rosa Veterans Building on September 26. Drawing Date is September 17, 2026.
Stu Allen & Mars Hotel Tickets
Enter for a chance to win tickets to Stu Allen & Mars Hotel at the Inn at Occidental View's Sunset Concert Series on Sunday, October 11. Drawing Date is October 5, 2026.
Island Hopping at the Paper Mill
Five bands from St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands make an unlikely migration from Caribbean beaches to the redwoods for a free afternoon of psychedelic, island-inflected funk, rock and pop at Paper Mill Creek Saloon. The impromptu gathering arose after the bands found themselves stranded on the West Coast following the collapse of San […]
Beyond the Meal: Kieawnie Clar’s Fight for Dignity and Belonging
Everyone dreads spending hours in the bathroom the night before a colonoscopy. But what if one doesn’t have access to a toilet? An unhoused Marin man in his 70s faced that problem. His health care provider had ordered the test but couldn’t help him with the logistics. “He hadn’t had a colonoscopy in 15 years,” […]
The Rippling of Rivers: ‘Open the Floodgates’ Gives Voice to a Waterway
The River, in San Anselmo author Nina Schuyler’s new novel, Open the Floodgates, is on trial to determine if it actually qualifies for “personhood.” Existing uncomfortably in the dark confines of the courtroom, surrounded by “man-stink,” the River listens as well-intentioned defenders tell stories of their memories of it, when it was clear and freeflowing. […]
Zillions of Zins: Project Zin & Clay Mauritson
Clay Mauritson’s family has farmed here for six generations. But equally notable is Project Zin, the event he and his wife founded in 2011 with chef Charlie Palmer after their son Brady was diagnosed with Down syndrome. That first year raised $25,000 for the Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area and the event’s been […]
Your Letters, Aug. 19
Strange Land People are lame, but tourists are lamer. This is what I sing to myself (sorry Mr. Morrison) when I’m stuck behind a giant Rivian doing three miles an hour while its driver hawkeyes yet another tasting room on what was once an arterial thoroughfare. Now it’s a permanent sidewalk sale for the “experience […]
Grassroots Spotlight: Robert Hubbell’s Substack
A chorus of political rants both online and on cable news so loud and discordant that truth is MIA. Media continues to frequently underreport grassroots campaigns to extinguish authoritarian wildfires. Where to turn for cogent insights—especially with the midterms around the corner? Political analyst Robert Hubbell stands out as a critically important voice worth listening […]
Art, Poetry, Stone and Wine With Dogs
Healdsburg Let There Be Light Healdsburg artist Jake Messing turns his attention to the narrow sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum humans can actually see in “Visible Light,” a new exhibition of paintings exploring color, perception and the mysteries hiding in plain sight. Flowers, birds, bubbles, crystals and reflective surfaces become vehicles for studying how light […]
Free Will Astrology, Aug. 19-25
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Consider this your official alert that you’re close to getting too much of a good thing. To safeguard the lovely momentum you’ve built lately, be vigilant that genuine abundance doesn’t bloat into plain old overload. Say no to becoming indentured to your own brilliant ideas. Don’t let your victories drag you […]