If your usual movie routine means opening Netflix or choosing the latest studio release at the multiplex, October is a good time to switch things up. For 11 days, theaters across Mill Valley, San Rafael, Larkspur, and Berkeley will screen new independent films, international titles, documentaries, animation, and shorts—many of them before they reach wider audiences. The 2026 Mill Valley Film Festival runs from October 1 through 11 and marks the festival’s 49th year. This year
Fall is one of the best times of year for a date in San Francisco. The days are comfortable, the evenings are just cool enough for a light jacket, and the city feels especially inviting for a slow dinner, a walk through the neighborhood, and one activity that makes the night feel a little different from the usual routine. If dinner and a movie has started to feel repetitive, fall is a good excuse to stretch the evening out and build a date around a few simple stops. Hayes Val
There are always plenty of ways to spend a weekend in the Bay Area. Dinner with friends, a movie, a new restaurant, a gallery, drinks somewhere in the city — all of those are easy, familiar choices. But if you have been wanting to do something a little different, there is another kind of night out that often gets overlooked: going to hear a live symphony. For people who do not regularly listen to classical music, the idea can sound more intimidating than it actually is. Do yo
