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  • Meet Betul Malik Fine Jewelry In Person

    Meet Betul Malik Fine Jewelry In Person

    May 4 & 55-8pmSkip the construction traffic and enjoy 2 after hours shopping nights at Poet and the Bench and meet fine jewelry designer Betul Malik! We're serving sample cocktails from...

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  • Mill Valley Music Festival 2023

    Mill Valley Music Festival 2023

    Join us for a super fun and diverse 2-day line up at the 2nd Mill Valley Music Festival! Poet and/the Bench will once again have a booth in the Manzanita Marketplace...

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  • Downtown Mill Valley Small Business Holiday Bash. December 1, 2022

    Join us! Small Business Bash

    December 1 5-8pm Celebrate our 7th Anniversary + Small Business Bash throughout Downtown Mill Valley with participating Shops, Galleries and Restaurants

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  • Julems Ceramics unique handmade stoneware pottery by designer maker Judith Lemmens. Thrown on a potters wheel and hand decorated piece by piece in Mill Valley, CA and Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

    Julems In Person!

    JULEMS AT POET AND/THE BENCHIn town from Eindhoven, The NetherlandsSaturday July 302-5pm11 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley

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  • We are excited to welcome Brooklyn-born Miami-based artist Mark Cherry, considered one of the few authentic naive painters of Miami, to Poet and/the Bench.

    Purple, Purple

    PURPLE PURPLE /Mixed Media and Acrylic on CanvasMarch 30, 2022 OngoingOpening Reception Tuesday April 5Mill Valley First Tuesday Art Walk 5:30-7:30pm

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  • Flow State at Poet and/the Bench featuring Austyn Taylor Black Ceramic Horse Sculpture,  Laura Roebuck Abstract Painting Unintentional Moonlight, Jeffrey Palladini Figurative Painting Sequence #4 and Adrienne Rogers Hand Knit Textiles

    Flow State

    FLOW STATE /Painting, Ceramics & TextilesFebruary 27, 2022 OngoingOpening Reception Tuesday March 1Mill Valley First Tuesday Artwalk 5:30-7:30pm

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  • Ecotopia featuring Nico Van Dongen Photography Concerning Trees in Golden Gate Park, Austyn Taylor Ceramic Animal Sculptures, Ian Hazard Bill Ceramics, Jennifer Morgan Glass Vessels and Karen McAlister Shimoda Abstract Paintings

    Ecotopia

    ECOTOPIAPainting, Photography, Glass & CeramicsJanuary 4 - February 26, 2022Opening Reception Tuesday January 4Mill Valley First Tuesday Artwalk 5:30-7:30pm

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  • Paola Parsons Black Lives Matter Still We Rise Auction

    Still We Rise Auction 9

    Poet and the Bench along with our encaustic artist Linda Benenati and ceramic designer Latch Key are participating in the Still We Rise Auction 9 in Response to Police Brutality. Saturday June 20-Monday June 29...

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  • Sarah Hanna calligraphy and lettering artist will be live at Poet and the Bench addressing your valentines.

    Live Calligraphy for Your Valentine

    Saturday February 812:00-3:00pm Celebrate love everyday, but especially when we welcome the effervescent and supremely talented third-generation calligraphy artist Sarah Hanna in the shop.

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