Welcome to the long MLK weekend. Here is what is happening across Marin…

Marin sometimes gets flack for so many pizza places (there is one right upstairs) and not enough upscale dining. Well VIN is one to try for your next special occasion or if you just want a good meal.

It seems Marin is having some kind of group revelation about it right now. All of a sudden everyone is bringing up this restaurant, whereas just a couple of months ago I had never heard of it.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been yet. It opened on 4th Street in early 2025 and from the sound of it, is excellent on all dimensions: food, drink, ambiance, people. Has that been your experience as well?

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If you are a film buff, this is a limited time chance to see some of the year’s top international films. Which will win? $15.

Featuring young performers ages 5-14 from all over Marin. Wednesday through Sunday, $18-$31.

The pianist will play a seated show at The Sweetwater. 8pm, $42.

A solo, experimental clown/puppetry adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Yes please. 7:30pm, $38.

He won a Grammy and plays a wide range of music from classical to Latin to Pop. At the Lark Theater, 7:30pm, just a few individual $72 tickets left.

Modern folk music “from two artists with deep West Marin roots.” “[Slake] carves out and embodies a genre that can only be defined as ‘lesbian doom-folk.’” 8pm, $23.

Celebrating Janis Joplin’s birthday, her original band is playing a show! This band, along with “The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service – is considered one of the original, first wave of great psychedelic bands that came out of San Francisco in the summer of 1965.“ 4pm, $48.

Bob Dylan is cool again thanks to Timothée Chalamet. Just kidding, he’s always been great! This is a cool excuse to get out to the recently remodeled Paper Mill Creek Saloon. 5pm, free.

Your kids have seen every Disney and Pixar film a billion times. You need something new. The internet claims this is the best intro into the Studio Ghibli anime world. 9am and 3:30pm, $13.

Not fathers with ADHD, if you have a kid aged 6-12 with ADHD. 7pm, free but RSVP required.

With several Bob Weir tribute shows this week, I came to learn about Bella Rayne, an impressive 18 year-old guitar player. She is playing Sweetwater on 1/30 with a number of Grateful Dead songs on her set list.

There is an estate sale Saturday in Larkspur and another Thursday through Saturday in Tiburon. But this is the unique one: Saturday and Sunday a staging company is liquidating their furniture and art inventory. It sure looks good in the pictures and they are even selling a GMC box truck!

There’s also a Shoe Sell Off in Novato. All shoes are $10-25 (I assume that means a matching pair). But here’s the odd part: the previous post from this account was over 3 and a half years ago. Who knows what to expect…

It is SF Sketchfest the next two weeks. There are way too many events to call out even highlights, so I’ll just mention one: The Bay Area Pun-off.

It is Winter WINEland weekend in Sonoma. Sounds like you get tastings at a bunch of wineries all weekend for $110.

Thanks for reading. If you know of anything interesting going on in Marin, just reply to this email to let us know.

— Allison + Brian