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With Todd Shoberg and Cassie Corless at the Helm, It's a New Day at Sammy Hagar's El Paseo Restaurant

9/14/2017

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When chef Todd Shoberg left Molina in early 2016, he wasn’t exactly facing a dearth of opportunities.

Creating a widely hailed, completely curated dining experience from scratch – from the farmers market-driven, cast-iron cooking all the way down to the vinyl-centric playlist corresponded to the daily changing menus – will do that for a chef.

Over the past two years, he’s kept incredibly busy, helming an array of pop-ups in San Francisco, San Anselmo and Fairfax, consulting on a food truck and a number of restaurants and creating the concept for a new restaurant in Malibu. He was just days away from signing a lease to open a new restaurant in Petaluma.

And then Cassie Corless called, and everything changed.

Corless, widely known in the Bay Area for her stints as manager at restaurateur Larry Mindel’s Poggio Trattoria and later at Copita tequileria Y Comida, had been recently hired by El Paseo owner Sammy Hagar to give the legendary Mill Valley restaurant a makeover of sorts, and though she didn’t know Shoberg personally, his reputation stuck with her.

“I just thought, we’ve got a really cool opportunity – we’ve got the space, the beauty, the location – what I needed was the perfect chef,” Corless says.

The pair met the next day. “It was instant chemistry and I knew right away that he was the right person for the job,” she says. “My mind was made up.”

“It happened very quickly,” Shoberg adds.

As a formality, he met with Hagar, who he’d met casually a few times when the Red Rocker would stop in Molina with his family, and they hit it off.

For Shoberg, the opportunity was two-fold. First, he and Corless had carte blanche to completely start over, and they did just that. Before he opened Molina, Shoberg was the executive chef at Moana Restaurant Group’s Piatti Restaurant for five years, putting the popular eatery on the farm-to-table map by launching a daily market menu in 2010 that was laden with farmers market ingredients. Being able to take that ingredients-focused, locally sourced approach seven years later to a restaurant with Hagar’s backing and with El Paseo’s reputation brought on a surge of creativity, Shoberg says.

“We literally erased the menu file and started with a blank menu sheet,” he says. “It’ll be an always-evolving thing.”

“He changed up the whole menu in like a week,” Corless adds, noting that a Sunday brunch menu is on the way. “It’s a complete re-concept, which is such an exciting process, especially with somebody as creative as Todd.”

While Corless has led an overhaul of El Paseo’s operations and front-of-house team, Shoberg has steered his kitchen toward a menu that incorporates an array of local produce, meat and seafood. He’s already showcasing his widely known style with dishes like a daily risotto and a pork chop with figs and blue cheese.

The second major component to Shoberg’s decision was his realization that after his incredible busyness over the prior two years, El Paseo was bringing him back where he belonged. From his lakeside hometown of Grand Haven, Mich. and his multiple stops in Albuquerque, N.M. to a stint in Boulder, Colo., Shoberg has made a habit of settling down in places that belong on postcards. But Marin County has stuck with him.

A former professional mountain biker who nabbed a silver medal at the national collegiate championships and went to the Olympic trials in 2000, Shoberg has long since fallen for cycling on and around Mount Tam. “Everything that I’ve succeeded at and failed at in my life brought me to be at this place, here in Marin,” Shoberg says. “And to be here to raise my family (he’s got a daughter in kindergarten and another on the way) – it’s amazing – it feels perfect.”

Corless says Shoberg “fits like a glove,” and that their management styles are a great match, helping them make bold changes in sync. “He’s also such an operations guy that he sees the whole picture," she says. "And his creativity doesn’t overshadow the whole operation.”

“This is where my heart is – this is where I belong,” he adds.

The 411: El Paseo is open for dinner from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays; 5:30 to 10 p.m. Fridays and 5 to 10 p.m. Saturdays. RESERVATIONS & MORE INFO. As has been a tradition at El Paseo under Hagar's ownership, the restaurant is hosting a series of Dine of a Cause events whereby the restaurant donates 20 percent (10% from the restaurant, matched by a donation from the Hagar Family Foundation) of the evening's proceeds to a designated organization: Ritter Center (Oct. 11), Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity (Nov. 8) and SF-Marin Food Bank  (Dec. 13).

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Famous4's 20th Annual Community Block Party Nabs Star-Studded Live Music Lineup – Oct. 1

9/14/2017

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Famous4's Mill Valley Community Block Party features, at top left, The Last Call Troubadours, at top right, The Kenneth Brian Band (photo by Tamarind Free Jones), middle from left: Greg Loiacono (photo by Jay Blakesberg Photography), Tim Bluhm, (Photo by Andrew Quist Photography), Jason Crosby ((photo by Jay Blakesberg Photography), Jackie Greene (Photo by Greb Vorobiov), John Hofer (courtesy The Mother Hips), as well as a fashion show (Photo by Eliot Karlan Photography).
Larry “the Hat" Lautzker created the Mill Valley Community Block Party 20 years ago as a grand opening celebration for his Famous4 downtown clothing shop in downtown. The longtime music promoter has outdone himself to celebrate the event's 20th anniversary on Oct. 1, lining up an all-star list of musicians to rock the stage.

Set for 1pm-5:30pm on a closed-off Throckmorton Ave. between Bernard Street and Corte Madera avenues, the event is headlined by Jason Crosby & Friends, an all-star band fronted by the multi-instrumental virtuoso who has toured and recorded with a who’s who of legendary artists, including Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Pete Seeger, Dave Matthews, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Robert Randolph, and Susan Tedeschi among others.

Crosby will be joined by a cast of musical stalwarts with vast reputations in Mill Valley and well beyond, including Jackie Greene on bass and a trio of members of the Mother Hips: Tim Bluhm on guitar, Greg Loiacono on guitar and John Hofer on drums, along with a slew of special guests. Marin-based Americana rock band, Last Call Troubadours featuring Mill Valley favorite Daniel Patrick, kick off the event at 1pm, followed by Kenneth Brian Band featuring drummer Stephen Ferrone of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.

The event is a benefit for Kiddo!, which raises upwards of $3 million annually for programs and teachers in the arts, elementary physical education, classroom and library aides, technology and innovative teaching grants from transitional kindergarten through 8th grade in the Mill Valley School District.

As always, the Block Party features a Fashion Show (3:20pm), Beer Garden, food for sale from the likes of Boo Koo, Sweetwater Music Hall, Piazza D'Angelo and more, and kids’ games.

The 411: The Mill Valley Community Block Party is Sunday October 1, 1-5:30pm at Lytton Square, 96 Throckmorton Ave. Mill Valley. MORE INFO.

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SF Chronicle's East Bay Columnist to Speak on Diversity, Equality & Free Speech @ Community Church – Sept. 24

9/14/2017

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​Issues of diversity, equality and free speech have dominated the headlines in recent years, and San Francisco Chronicle columnist Otis Taylor, Jr. brings both a keen eye and deep experience on those subjects to a free "From Under the Redwoods" forum at the Community Church of Mill Valley on Sunday, Sept. 24.

Taylor, who writes primarily about the East Bay for the Chronicle, is a South Carolina transplant, having spent more than a decade at The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, where he wrote about arts, culture and entertainment.

Taylor is interested in reporting on issues relating to diversity and equality, as well as the region’s history, culture and politics, and he'll lead a conversation about these issues as they relate to our community. He'll also speak to the issue of free speech and his coverage of that issue in our region.
 
The 411: San Francisco Chronicle columnist Otis Taylor, Jr. leads a free "From Under the Redwoods" forum at the Community Church of Mill Valley on Sunday, Sept. 24. 4pm-5:30pm. Admission is free. Donations are appreciated.

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MV Recreation Readies Halloween Magic Show, Seeks Entries for Annual 'Trunk or Treat' Event – Oct. 27

9/14/2017

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Ever wanted to direct your Halloween decorating skills onto your car or SUV?

Tricking out your motor vehicle, Halloween-style, is the name of the game at the annual Trunk or Treat celebration,
Mill Valley Recreation's free family event on Friday, Oct. 27, in which businesses, local organizations and residents are invited to promote themselves and celebrate Halloween by welcoming families to "trick-or-treat" from their decorated car trunks in the Community Center's parking lot. The event also features Free air brush tattoos, music, activities and face-painting for kids.

Trunk or Treat is one of a pair of Halloween-centric events at the Community Center on Friday, Oct. 27. The spooky festivities begin at 4pm with the annual family Halloween Magic Show, a lively, 30-minute juggling set with plenty of acrobatics, music and comedy mixed in for a spooktacular, 45-minute show for goblins aged 3 to 103! Attendees should wear their Halloween costumes.

After the show, families can head out to the Community Center parking lot for the annual Trunk or Treat, 

The 411: The Halloween Magic Show is Friday, October 27, 4pm at the Community Center, 180 Camino Alto. Tickets are $9 each, children 3 years and under are free. Tickets are on sale now at the Community Center. For more information call 415-383-1370. Want to participate with a trunk in Trunk or Treat? MC Recreation is accepting applications for 15 community trunks. Space is limited.

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Outdoor Art Club Turns 115, Garners Coveted ‘Spirit of Marin’ Award

9/14/2017

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Bank of Marin hosts 24th Spirit of Marin Awards, as nominated by the Marin County Chambers of Commerce, on Friday, October 6 at St. Vincent’s School for Boys in San Rafael.
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The Outdoor Art Club gets a new president each July.

In taking her turn at the helm this year, Susan Johnson, the former longtime teacher at Tam Valley and Edna Maguire elementary schools, sure seems to have a knack for great timing.

The OAC, founded in 1902 by 35 women, many of whom were members of the families that built the foundation of Mill Valley, enters its 115th year this month. On Oct. 6, the organization is set to receive the Bank of Marin’s Spirit of Marin Award as nominated by the Mill Valley Chamber, a recognition of the club’s vast impact on the town in lasting, ever-evolving ways.
Johnson, who joined the OAC in 2009 and is widely known locally as a third and fourth grade teacher, is clearly enjoying the moment.

“This is a gift – I had no idea when i joined how much I would value this club,” Johnson says. “The women in this organization are just amazing. They are intelligent, dynamic, caring and they have been leaders in the community, have had important careers and to be able to work with people with their abilities and sensibilities and kindness has just been so rewarding for me. I am so pleased and honored to be a part of it.”

The OAC’s founding mission was to “preserve the natural scenery of Mill Valley and the surrounding country, to beautify the grounds around the public buildings, to work against wanton destruction of birds and game, to encourage the development of outdoor art and to engage in other civic, literary, and charitable work.”
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If that sound like a broad mission, consider that “in 1902 Mill Valley was a new town, a tourist destination and a place still without a vision of what it could and should be. The area’s unpaved roads were littered with trash left behind by patrons of ‘The Crookedest Railroad in the World.’ Due to logging, there were few trees, and no library, parks or public health services for its citizens. From the beginning, the OAC’s founding members chose to take an active role in the future development of their town. They formed a women’s club not just as a place to socialize, but also as a vehicle for civic engagement,” according to the OAC’s history records.

The OAC’s basement is filled with boxes of board minutes and scrapbooks showing “that there did not seem to be many local issues in which these women did not assume a responsible voice. Even without the vote (women garnered the right to vote in California in 1911), they were seen as civic and cultural leaders, ones frequently looked to for advice and support.”

Those issues included naming streets, planting trees, creating school gardens, sponsoring cleanup days, clearing weeds from the streets and assisting in the development of both Boyle and Old Mill Parks. The OAC clubhouse at 1 West Blithedale Avenue downtown was the home of Mill Valley’s first library, was a staging center during local disasters and a cultural center for the pursuit of art, music, literature and California history. The group was among the pioneers of Marin’s rich history of environmental activism.

With that in mind, Johnson has made “community continuity” and “change” her themes for the OAC this year, seemingly disparate goals but ones that strike at the heart of what the organization has always been about: preserving the beauty of Mill Valley but always striving to push forward. “We will continue to do the work set out in our founder’s purpose statement while moving positively forward,” Johnson wrote to members this month.

The 400-member group has an event calendar that is chock full of lectures, outings and community service projects over the next year. Those include events featuring “Wrong Dog: An Unlikely Tale of Unconditional Love” author David Eliot Cohen (Sept. 21), Save the Bay’s Katy Zaaremba (Nov. 2), “Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History” author Larry Brilliant, Book Passage’s Elaine Petrocelli (Dec. 7), poet Jane Hirshfield (Feb. 1) and “Gardenista: The definitive Guide to Stylish Outdoor Spaces Open to the Public” author Michelle Slatalla (Feb. 15)

OAC also hosts a ‘State of the City’ event from Mayor Jessica Sloan and City Manager Jim McCann, and operates Literary, Cultural Arts, Civics & Conservation and Garden Programs as well as myriad events, including a Fall Fashion Show, a Village Crafts Market, a Holiday Dinner Dance, a Village Edibles Market, a New Year’s Day Open House, the Crab Fest, Rummage Sale, Teddy Bear Tea and ‘Stepping Out to Museums’ events.

Johnson’s year as present comes on the heels of the OAC’s biennial Garden Tour, which was last held in April. The Tour is the Club’s major fundraiser, with proceeds going to both preserve the organization's historic Bernard Maybeck clubhouse and benefit an array of Marin County nonprofits, with more than $350,000 going to Marin organizations over the past 19 years.

And true to its roots, the OAC continues to support local beautification and infrastructure upgrades, including the renovation of the Replica Gravity Car on the Depot Plaza, and the repair of the Downtown Clock Tower in collaboration with the Mill Valley Chamber and its Enjoy MIll Valley Fund.

“It’s remarkable that after all these years, these women have generated the funds and maintained the building and gone ahead and done all of the outreach things we do and have fun events and parties,” Johnson says. “This is a really vital organization that remains as relevant today as it when it was founded.”

The 411: The Outdoor Art Club is set to receive the Spirit of Marin Award for Mill Valley, via the Mill Valley Chamber, at the 24th Spirit of Marin Awards on Friday, October 6 (11:30am-1:30pm) at St. Vincent’s School for Boys in San Rafael. Marin Independent Journal President and Publisher Rob Devincenzi is the keynote speaker. One of the largest business events in the county and Bank of Marin’s signature community event, the awards recognize the philanthropic leadership, volunteerism and success of Marin’s businesses, business leaders and volunteers. Tix are $60. MORE INFO & TIX. Here are this year's winners:

  • Corte Madera Chamber - Tori Puliz, Nothing Bundt Cakes
  • Fairfax Chamber - Bradley Real Estate
  • Hispanic Chamber - Rosie De Alvarez , National Latino Peace Officers Association
  • Larkspur Chamber - Helen Russell, Equator Coffees and Teas
  • Mill Valley Chamber - The Outdoor Art Club
  • Novato Chamber, Small Business - Valley Oak Wealth Management
  • Novato Chamber, Large Business - Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.
  • San Anselmo Chamber - San Francisco Theological Seminary
  • San Rafael Chamber, Small Business - Sun First Solar
  • San Rafael Chamber, Large Business - EO Products
  • Sausalito Chamber - Shelby Van Meter, Sausalito Beautiful
  • Tiburon Peninsula Chamber - Steve Sears, Sam's Anchor Cafe
  • West Marin Chamber - Joyce Goldfield

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Mill Valley Film Festival Celebrate its 40th Birthday with a Galaxy of Stars & a Downtown MV Closing Night Party

9/11/2017

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Sean Penn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Andrew Garfield, Greta Gerwig, Holly Hunter, Richard Linklater, Todd Haynes, Aaron Sorkin and Dee Rees are among the actors and directors to receive tributes and accompany awards-worthy screenings from Oct. 5-15.
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The beloved Mill Valley Film Festival turns 40 this year, and as it does so, it showcases many of the best attributes of a thriving, multi-faceted 40 year old. In the four decades since Mill Valley resident Mark Fishkin launched the festival, it has grown exceedingly wise, displaying an almost eery ability to showcase films that end up garnering Academy Awards, including nine of the last 11 best picture recipients and last year’s real winner, Moonlight (and the would-be winner, La La Land).

It's also become incredibly attractive, regularly hosting appearances by an array of Hollywood actors and directors to receive tributes, spotlights and to accompany awards-worthy screenings. With that, MVFF has grown immensely in terms of popularity, having nearly doubled its audience in the span of just seven years – up to more than 74,000 attendees in 2016.

And as is often the case around the age of 40, MVFF has even had a kid – in the form of the inaugural Doclands, a noncompetitive, five-day event that festival organizer the California Film Institute held in May to spotlight more than 20 documentaries.

Given all that, it's only appropriate that the lineup for the 40th Mill Valley Film Festival, set for Oct. 5-15 at venues in Mill Valley, San Rafael, Corte Madera and Larkspur, was characterized by Fishkin this week as “an embarrassment of riches. I think it’s a really strong, well-balanced lineup that’s appropriate for our 40th anniversary.”

While MVFF40 consists of hundreds of films across 11 days, here are the highlights of the 40th Mill Valley Film Festival:

Opening Night: 'Darkest Hour' & 'Wait for Your Laugh' (Oct. 5)

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MVFF opens with the Bay Area premiere of Darkest Hour, director Joe Wright’s story of Winston Churchill’s rise to power both as Prime Minister and as architect of the push against the imminent, inevitable Nazi invasion of Britain in WWII. Gary Oldman stars as Churchill and Kristin Scott Thomas co-stars as his wife Clementine. Scott Thomas will be in attendance on opening night at the CinéArts Sequoia in Mill Valley alongside director Wright. Following the film, the Festival will host the Opening Night Gala at Marin Country Mart in Larkspur.
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While the Sequoia screening will have a decidedly solemn tone, the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael will be its polar opposite, as Wait For Your Laugh, director Jason Wise's documentary about Rose Marie, beloved for her role as sassy scriptwriter Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show, and her even sassier zingers on The Hollywood Squares game show, takes center stage. Organizers says the film is "fascinating, funny, and full of showbiz soul," highlighting the epic career of one of the most brilliant comediennes of the last century.

Starting as Baby Rose Marie, a child prodigy, singing and dancing on stage before most kids could ride a bike, Marie forged intense, lasting relationships while delighting audiences from Las Vegas to Hollywood, always marching to her own beat. Wise reveals there is much more to this tough, smart woman’s 87-year entertainment career. Interviews with Peter Marshall, Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Tim Conway, and the lady herself—still going strong at 94—combine with rare footage to depict a complicated, inspirational life. Century Cinema, Corte Madera.

Tribute to Kristin Scott Thomas (Oct. 6)

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An Academy Award nominee for her role in the The English Patient, Dame Kristin Scott Thomas will be presented with a Tribute, recognizing a career that has spanned decades, including films like Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Horse Whisperer, and Gosford Park, among many others, and garnered her 26 international awards.

​The event includes an onstage Q&A with Scott Thomas, a screening of Darkest Hour (see above) and a presentation of the MVFF Award. Smith Rafael Film Center.

Tribute to Sean Penn (Oct. 7)


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Mill Valley's Goto-Widerman to Teach Japanese Floral Arrangement Class, Sells Flower Wreaths @ Good Earth

9/7/2017

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Mill Valley resident Makiko Goto-Widerman, at center, along with her various floral arrangements and wreaths. Courtesy images.
When Makiko Goto-Widerman and her husband David decided to move to the Bay Area after 20 years in southern California, they thought they'd end up somewhere in Silicon Valley. But then they checked out Mill Valley during the landmark Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival – and their plans changed.

"The festival was incredible – there was so much creativity – and we just fell in love with this place," Goto-Widerman says.

The couple moved to town in late 2016, and Goto-Widerman has immersed in the local artistic community ever since. Now she's ready to pass along the knowledge and experience of her own creative pursuits: Ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arrangement. She'll do so by teaching a pair of classes at the Mill Valley Community Center on Ikebana and how to make your own holiday wreath, on November 18 and December 7, respectively. GO HERE FOR MORE INFO & TO REGISTER.

Born and raised in Tokyo, Goto-Widerman first learned European floral design and skills from Dutch Master Florist teachers at De Master Flower School in Tokyo, working there for a few years. She then moved to Seattle for three years to work for a small country garden-themed boutique as a dried flower designer, while also freelance writing for garden magazines and the newsletter of the Royal Horticultural Society in England. Goto-Widerman says one of her most exciting moments was visiting Martha Stewart’s house in Turkey Hill, Conn., when she was writing a book review of her gardening book.

Goto-Widerman moved to Orange County in 1996, taking private Ikebana lessons in master original Ikebana design from an experienced Japanese teacher. After receiving certificates from the first Ikebana flower school in Kyoto, she started creating her own style based on its classic design influenced by Japanese authentic Wabi Sabi.  

"My style is inspired by nature and emphasizes simplicity, natural, spiritual and therapeutic," Goto-Widerman says, noting that she taught classes at local arboretums, art centers, community colleges, libraries and garden clubs, as well as a private Ikebana show at the Bowers Museum.

Though she had success, Goto-Widerman calls the floral arrangement business there "more of a mass production type of business. Here, it is more creative and much more comfortable for me," she says.

Since her arrival in Mill Valley, Goto-Widerman has also gotten into the wholesale business this month, selling her natural and organic dried flower wreaths at Good Earth Natural Foods' locations in both Tam Valley and Fairfax. The wreaths, approximately 14-16 inches in diameter, sell for approximately $50. 

The 411: Makiko Goto-Widerman teaches classes on Ikebana Japanese floral arrangement and making holiday wreaths on Nov. 18 and Dec. 7, respectively. GO HERE FOR MORE INFO & TO REGISTER.

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WATCH: Frobeck Closes Out Arts Commission's Free Concerts on the Plaza in Style

9/5/2017

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For more than three decades, a diverse array of bands have made the Depot Plaza one of the best concert venues in the Bay Area – and certainly one of the most beautiful places to enjoy live music – for free.

The 2017 edition of the Mill Valley Arts Commission's Concerts on the Plaza wrapped up August 27 with a performance by t
he eight-piece North Bay band Frobeck, which delivered a set of high-octane “funk rock awesomeness” in front of dozens of fans. The Marin IJ said the band's founders Spencer Burrows and Kris Dilbeck would have fit into the "music scene of the late '60s and '70s, the era that produced Tower of Power, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Chicago," and the Depot Plaza show proved as much.

Featuring punchy horns, sophisticated funk-rock arrangements and Burrows' soulful lead vocals, the band has earned a glowing reputation for rocking venues all over the Bay Area, including a scorching performance at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley last year. 

Over the course of three weeks in August, local music fans enjoyed free live performances from the pop-Americana stylings of Jamie Clark Band, the delightful Dave and Reed Fromer, the 50s rock-centric originals of Todd Morgan & the Emblems, the Delta/country blues of HowellDevine and The Vivants' songs that draw on Southern music traditions and country harmonies.

​Enjoy the fantastic video below featuring Frobeck and the fans who gathered around them for some sunny Sunday afternoon musical splendor. Video by local resident and Tam High senior Fergus Campbell and Snow Films.
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All4Love Pelaez Family Fundraiser Concert Feat. Frances England – Sept. 9

9/2/2017

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Steve Pelaez, the local dad and cyclist who was hit head-on by an SUV on Paradise Drive in April, is expected to come home from the hospital soon, but has a lifetime of recovery ahead of him. 

In an effort to help Pelaez and his family through that recovery, the All4LOVE Pelaez Family Fundraiser Concert is being held on September 9, 11am-2pm, at Mt. Tam Church (410 Sycamore Ave.). The event will have plenty of outdoor space for kid play, a chance to commune with friends and family, a live performance from Grammy-nominated singer Frances England and an opportunity to lend your support to the Pelaez family as Steve and family continue to heal and recover.
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The 411: The All4Love Pelaez Family Fundraiser Concert is on September 9, 11am-2pm, at Mt. Tam Church (410 Sycamore Ave.) Cost is $10 per person or $25 per family. If you cannot make the event but still want to help support the Pelaez Family, you can make a contribution to the GoFundMe page or sign up for the Pelaez Family Meal Train to help support the Pelaez family as Steve fights to recover from a very serious bike accident. Read more about about Steve's progress in Jenna's Journal.

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