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What's Happening in Richmond
September 8th, 2010 |
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The fun never ends in Richmond! Like music? Check out the free music on Friday. Like plays? Go see "Other People's Money" at the Masquers. Like art? Check out NIAD's newest exhibition. Love football? The Craneway once again hosts Monday night football with a buffet and their huge screen.
Whatever you do, you can find it in Richmond!
Want to learn more about Richmond? Check out our website!! Or visit the Community Calendar to see what events are coming up.
Michelle Itagaki
Richmond Convention & Visitors Bureau
PS. Remember, if your event isn't listed here, we probably aren't aware of it. Send us your information by Monday morning to be included in the weekly edition.
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NIAD Printmaking: 25 Years
| NIAD
551 23rd Street
September 7 - November 5
Reception: September 18, 2-5pm, with a printmaking demo by Studio Manager Andres Cisneros-Galindo and NIAD artists at 3:00pm.
For over 25 years NIAD's printmaking studio has consistently produced high quality work in a range of techniques that includes woodcuts, linocuts, collagraphs, serigraphs, letterpress text and the application of chin colle, monotype and a la poupee. Curated by master printer and lont time NIAD studio manager Andres Cisneros-Galindo, the exhibit will feature NIAD artists that have escelled in this medium since the organization's inception. Artists such as Sam Gant, Deatra Colbert, Beverly Trieber, Vida Moretti, and many more.
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Playland's Adventure
Weekend
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Playland Not-at-the-Beach
10979 San Pablo Avenue
Saturday September 4th
Sunday September 5th
10am - 5 pm
Youth/Seniors $10
General Admission $15
Put on your helmet and pull out your bullwhip. Become Indy Jones or Dora the
Explorer as you try to solve our mysteries.
Playland is a Museum of Old-Fashioned Fun chock-full with over 30 pinball
machines set on FREE play, penny arcade games and a carousel carnival (where you
can win prizes!), miniature circus, magic shows, and interactive displays
honoring America's Bygone Amusements. More information about Playland here.
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Chicago Style Stepping' Lessons
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Richmond PAL Auditorium
2200 Macdonald, Second Floor
Every Thursday
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
$10 per class
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Free Music at the Point
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Point Richmond Concert Series
Corner of Park Place and Washington Avenue
Friday, September 10th
5:30 pm
FREE
Point Richmond Music
(PRM)'s 2010 concert season continues
on Friday,
September 10th with Je Conte followed by Kickin' the Mule, two
renowned Bay Area acts.
The PRM summer concert
series kicked off in June and runs through
September, with concerts held on the
second Friday of each month. Every concert
features a no-host bar, raffle, face-painting
for children and art exhibitions by the
Arts of Point Richmond and the Point
Richmond Art Collective.
Participating
local restaurants and businesses will
offer discounts and coupons on concert
dates. The 2010 season will also include
a "bonus" Friday concert
on September 24th.
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Piel Caliente Tour
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Craneway
1414 Harbour Way South
Saturday, September 11th
Doors open 6:00 pm
$45
Matador Productions & Rigo's Auto Sale, presentan, PIEL CALIENTE,
El Show Para Ladies Más Grande del Año. Con los actores de televisión
Lalo Rodriguez, Poncho De Nigris, Armando "El Muñeco" Gonzalez, Bobby
Larios, Roberto Assad. Además show de imitadores, y la musica en vivo
de LA SONORA DINAMITA Y BANDA 300 TRES.
Purchase tickets here.
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Other People's Money
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Masquers Playhouse
by JERRY STERNER
directed by ROBERT ESTES
There's conflict, comedy, and a bit of romance in this moving story
about business, love and loyalty. Corporate raider Lawrence Garfinkle
(a.k.a. "Larry the Liquidator") is always looking for the next big
score. When he puts his sights on New England Wire and Cable, the owner
hires Kate Sullivan to help prevent a hostile takeover. As he closes in
on his goal, Larry has to decide which he lusts after more: money or
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Monday Night Football is Back at the Craneway!
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Craneway
1414 Harbour Way South
Monday, September 13th
Monday Night Football is back! Starting Monday Sept 13 (and every Monday
night) Featuring our 260 inch HD LED Screen w/ full bar and buffet
dinner.
(see buffet menu here)
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Hotel Mac Celebrates California Wines
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Hotel Mac
50 Washington Avenue
Month of September
Come celebrate at the
Mac!
All bottles of wine are half price for the month of September!Wine dinner on September 14th featuring Ruffino, Banfi & Antinori wines.
Reservations recommended: 510-233-0576.
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Who was Wendy the Welder? | Marina Bay Park
Saturday, September 11th
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Meet a park ranger at the Rosie the Riveter Memorial (by the main parking lot), for a 45 minute program exploring the role of women in the Richmond shipyards during World War II.
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Pancake Breakfast on the Red Oak Victory Ship
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Red Oak Victory Ship
Berth 6A, 1337 Canal Blvd. -- the very end of Canal Blvd
Sunday, September 12th
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Price is only $6 per person
Children under 5 are free.
Join
your friends and the ship volunteer crew for a great breakfast on board
the SS RED OAK VICTORY. The views are amazing and you can explore this
wonderful relic of the heyday of Richmond's history -- the shipyard
years.
Tours of the ship are available for an additional $5/person. No
reservations needed. Proceeds benefit the ongoing restoration of the
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Brooks
Island Adventure
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Saturday, September 11
10:00 AM to 4 PM
Fee: Resident $85; Non-Resident
$95
Registration Required: 1-888-EBPARKS (1-888- 327-2757)
Join California Canoe & Kayak at the Richmond
Marina for a short paddle in stable, double kayaks across sheltered bay
water with spectacular views of San Francisco. Paddle along Brooks
Island preserved shoreline, then come ashore to enjoy a naturalist guided
two-mile hike around the island whicih is normally closed to visitors. A
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Brooks
Island Voyage: Bring Your Own Boat
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Sunday,
September 12
10:00 am to 4 PM
Fee: Resident $20; Non-Resident $22
Reg. Required: 1-888-EBPARKS (1-888- 327-2757)
Join an EBRPD Naturalist
at the Richmond Marina to paddle the rising tide across the Richmond
Harbor Channel to Brooks Island. Explore the island's natural
and cultural history, and enjoy views from its rocky peak. For
experienced boaters who can provide their own kayak and safety
gear. Parent participation required. 14+ years. Parking fees
apply where charged.
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Economic Summit Conference & Business Expo
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Richmond Memorial
403 Civic Center
Plaza
8:00am - 4:30pm -
Conference,
$50 per person
5:00pm - 7:00pm -
Business Expo, Free
Attend Richmond's
first economic development conference and business expo! This event will bring
together the business community, city government, capacity building leaders, and
Richmond residents for a day of economic development discussion, best practices
and value-added learning to promote the City of Richmond. Check out the program.
Following the
conference, gather for the Richmond Business Expo where all of Richmond's many
diverse businesses are welcomed to display information about their company's
products and services. FREE ADMISSION, PRIZES, GREAT NETWORKING AND FREE
FOOD!
WIN an Apple
iPad!
Conference
attendees are automatically entered into a drawing to win an Apple iPad! By
completing the "Expo Giveaway Passport", those attending the Business Expo will
be entered in a separate drawing to win an Apple iPad!
Register here.
Sign up to be a sponsor here.
Sign up to be an exhibitor here.
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510Arts
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World Culture in the East Bay
Looking for an Art event in the East Bay? The Arts & Culture communities in Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley & Richmond have formed a cultural corridor partnership to bring these events to you in an easy to find format. 510arts.com is a web portal linked to each city's own Arts calendar. Bookmark this page for your future use!
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Tour the Chevron Richmond Refinery - Some slots still available! Sign up today
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Chevron
Richmond
Refinery
Saturday, September 18th
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
RSVP: Register before
September 8, 2010
Call (510) 242-2000 or sign up online
Since
1902, Chevron has been a proud member of the Richmond community. We take our
role as your neighbor seriously, from our ongoing commitment to safety
to providing more jobs than any other private employer in Richmond.
As part of the community, it's important for us to have an open
dialogue and opportunity to engage with our neighbors.
That is why
we're opening our doors to you. Please join us for a community tour of the
Chevron Richmond Refinery to see who we are, what we do, and how we do
it.
By working together, we can harness the most powerful energy of
all: Human Energy.
Mike Coyle
General Manager Chevron Richmond Refinery
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Spirt and Soul FestivalRichmond Main Street
| Community Space (Harbour Way & Macdonald Avenue
Sunday, September 19th
Noon - 5pm
Tickets: $40 in advance
$45 at the door
$60 for the VIP package.
Wine, food, jazz, gospel, and blues. We will feature some our best performers from the 2010 Music on the Main concerts, including Andre Thierry and the Junius Courtney Big Band, plus invigorating performances by R&B crooners Top Shelf, and gospel greats Consonance and the Stars of Glory. There's no better way to Rock Your Spirit and Lift Your Soul! Tickets are on sale at www.brownpapertickets.com.
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Blossoms &
Thorns: The Legacy of Richmond's Historic Japanese American
Nurseries
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Richmond Art Center,
2540 Barrett AvenueSeptember 14th - November 13th
Blossoms &
Thorns: The Legacy of Richmond's Historic Japanese American
Nurseries is an unique exhibition to be held at the
Richmond Art Center
with the City of Richmond's Neighborhood Public Art Program. The
exhibition opens in September 2010.
This show
of contemporary and historical photographs and artifacts documents the Japanese
rose and carnation nurseries that began in Richmond in the early 1900's and continued for
over 100 years. Partners in this first ever collaboration include members of the
Japanese American community, historians, arts organizations and government
entities.
The beauty
of the roses, still thriving long after the nurseries that planted them have
been closed, is the intriguing subject of four local photographers: Matt
Matsuoka, Ellen Gailing, Ken Osborn and Fletcher Oakes. Their work inspired the
exhibit, which will also include historical photographs and artifacts that
describe the history of Richmond's Japanese American floral industry
families, including their World War II internment.
A variety
of public presentations will take place during the course of the
exhibition.
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27th Annual California
Coastal Clean-up Needs Volunteers
| Saturday, September
25
9 a.m. - noon
Coastal Cleanup Day is the State's largest single effort
to remove the debris that has accumulated on our beaches and inland shorelines
over the past year, bringing tens of thousands of volunteers out annually
across the State to protect the marine wildlife and habitat that can be
badly damaged by marine debris.
There will be many opportunities
to pitch in and help cleanup Richmond's shoreline along the Bay Trail.
For information about cleanup from Breuner Marsh, Shimada Friendship
Park & Point Isabel to Marina Bay, click here.
Call to Kayakers: The Watershed Project is looking for 25 intrepid
volunteers to help cleanup Richmond's shoreline from kayaks. They
have Kayaks for 15 volunteers on a first come first served basis and are
looking for ten kayakers that have their own boat to join us. If you are
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Celebrate the Arts in
Pinole
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Saturday October 16th
11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: In
the parking lot in front of the store at 1212 Fitzgerald Drive in the Pinole Vista Shopping
Center.
You're invited to
participate in Celebrate the Arts in Pinole.
We're excited about having you in this event which has several goals.
Aaron Brothers-Pinole
is sponsoring the event. Jason Goodwin, store manager, is very interested in
supporting artists and becoming an integral part of the arts' community. By
offering you this invitation, we hope to create long-term, positive
relationships with local artists and arts' organizations.
This event is also an
opportunity to promote the arts in West County. October is National Arts and
Humanities Month when hundreds of arts organizations and communities across the
nation celebrate. We are inviting Debbie Long, Mayor of Pinole, to issue the
proclamation provided by Americans for the Arts. The celebration grew out of
National Arts Week which was begun by the National Endowment for the Arts and
Americans for the Arts in 1985.
There is
no charge for artists to participate in this event. As a participating artist,
you will receive free archival mounting and professional assembly (a $50
value) if you decide to purchase of custom or ready-made frames on up to five
pieces. This offer is good until the end of the year. Visitors who purchase a
participating artist's work will receive the same offer until the end of the
year. Offer valid only at Pinole Aaron brothers. (There is no
obligation
for artists to purchase
frames.)
Fill out the form here.
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201 W Richmond Avenue
Suite B
Richmond, California 94801
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Are you planning an event? Give us a call and we'll help you plan!!(510) 237-1403
or send an email.
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