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  • Visit Downtown Mill Valley Travel Guide

    Visit Downtown Mill Valley Travel Guide

    Spend a day, a weekend or an extended trip in Downtown Mill Valley where natural wonder meets inspiration: art, design, home goods, fashion, music, food, wellness and a culture of community. Hot tips...

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  • Poet and/the Bench is delighted to announce multimedia artist Amanda Rowan’s return to her hometown of Mill Valley as Artist in Residence

    West Coast Premiere: Amanda Rowan Place Setting

    Join us! Multimedia artist Amanda Rowan’s return to her hometown of Mill Valley as Artist in Residence during the West Coast premiere of her short film Place Setting at the 46th Mill Valley Film Festival in conjunction with a photographic...

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  • Bonnie Powers and Jeffrey Levin of Poet and the Bench Curate Community and Connection with their Artists

    Interview with Us in Pacific Sun!

    We were interviewed recently by the always charming and delightful Nish Nadaraja. Check out this feature in Pacific Sun about our passion for curation and connection! 

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  • Creative Mill Valley in the News

    Creative Mill Valley in the News

    Mill Valley, our charming village where Poet and/the Bench headquarters are located, has been featured as a travel destination in quite a few publications recently. We want to share a few notables in...

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  • History of El Paseo Lane Mill Valley

    Short History of El Paseo Lane

    We love the natural environment and building complex of our shop location at 11 Throckmorton Avenue and El Paseo Lane in Mill Valley. It has a storied history recorded in...

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