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What's Happening in Richmond
October 12, 2010
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I hope you all are enjoying our warm Fall weather! Richmond and the Bay area shine in October...and we have many Arts & Culture events this week, both indoors and out. We have a festival, many art exhibits, a historical bus tour, & even comedy.
Don't like my choices? Read on for even more things to do in our great community...
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. Either send us your information by Monday morning to be included in the weekly edition or enter your event on the Community Calendar.
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Vote for Richmond's Solano Playlot
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There are only a few days left in the contest to win $25,000 of new play equipment. Richmond's Solano Playlot was selected to be one of 10 finalists after competing against more than 650 parks in the US and Canada. Now, they need every vote to win. Currently in 4th place, which is wonderful, but only the top 3 parks win... they need people to vote every day.
Please take a moment to support them by voting now and EVERY DAY for Richmond's Solano Playlot to win $25,000 of new play equipment.
Located at Solano Ave and 38th, and the lot's play equipment is more than 50 years old, rusting and hazardous.
- Vote today by clicking here, and vote EVERY DAY until October 15th!
Anyone with an email account can vote. You must first register on Kaboom (free and fast) for your vote to count. After registering and signing in, click this link again and vote for Solano Playlot. When you have successfully voted, you should see a "Thank you" message. We need every vote to count.
Thank you for supporting Richmond's kids!
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Printmaking - 25 Years |
NIAD
551 23rd Street
Through November 13th
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, letter press text and the application of chin colle, monotype, and a la poupee. Curated by master printer and long time NIAD studio manager Andres Cisneros-Galindo, the exhibit will feature NIAD artists that have excelled in this medium since the organizations inception, such as Sam Gant, Deatra Colbert, Beverly Trieber, Vida Moretti, and many more. |
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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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Bus Tour of Japanese/American Historical Sites
| National Park Service
2566 Macdonald Avenue
Friday, October 15th
9:30 am - noon
Free
Reservations suggested, call 510-307-8702 for more information
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Fundraiser for West County Community High School
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777 Sonoma Street(Corner of Solano and Sonoma, housed in Yiu-Mienh Baptist Church). Saturday October 16th
Bake Sale and Rummage sale
10 am - 2 pm
Come on out to West County Community High School, meet parents & students and pick up a few "new-to-you" items.
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The Public Works of Sargent Johnson
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Richmond Art Center
2540 Barrett Avenue (entrance at 25th Street)
Exhibition through November 14th
Meet the artist October 16th 1pm - 4pm
The Public Works of Sargent Johnson
Featuring photographs by Duane M. Conliffe
Sargent Johnson (1887-1967) spent his career in the Bay Area. He was the first African American artist on the West Coast to achieve a national reputation. This exhibition features a selection of photos taken by Duane M. Conliffe of some of Johnson's most notable public works in the Bay Area, including "American Pride and Purpose," which was commissioned for the Richmond City Council Chamber and now resides in the lobby of the Richmond Memorial Auditorium.
More about Richmond Art Center's Exhibits.
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Point Richmond Farmers Market
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Point Richmond
Wednesdays, October 13th, 20th & 27th
3pm - 7pm
Buy healthy produce - enjoy the music shopping and socializing!
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| Marina Gardens Bingo
1401 Marina Way South
Wednesday - Saturdays
Doors Open at 5 pm
Games begin at 7 pm
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Bingo players are loving this wonderful hall, the friendly and safe environment and the honest games. Marina Gardens Bingo has become a new destination for people come from all over the bay area.
See flyer for more details
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Vampires Weekend
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Playland Not-at-the-Beach
10979 San Pablo Avenue
Saturday October 16th
Sunday October 17th
10am - 5 pm
Youth/Seniors $10
General Admission $15
As the Halloween season approaches, Playland has been visited by a pesky group of vampires. Help us gather them up and keep them together by finding all the wooden stakes hidden throughout the Museum of Fun.
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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North Richmond Shoreline Festival
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Point Pinole Regional Park
Saturday, October 16h
All Day
FREE
Free BBQ
Information about the North Richmond Shorelin
Food Fun & Music
More information here
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An Artrageous October
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Bridge ArtSpace
23 Maine Ave.
Saturday, October 16th opening
Exhibit open through November 17th
9am - 3 pm
Steve Heck- Collage - Never before exhibited - Scot Velardo- Paintings, including new work Nara Denning - Film- On the tower, after dark
With special musical guests: Cyclub☆ - Acid, jazz, psychedelic, gypsy, hiphop Tin Sandwich - Harmonica Trio and some Special Punk Rock action!
Bonfire, Beverages, Films on the tower late into the night. |
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One Small Story from Richmond's Hidden History. Japanese American Nurseries."
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Richmond Museum of History
400 Nevin Avenue
Through October 24th
Wednesday thru Sunday
1 pm to 4 pm.
This installation features photographs and archival objects
illustrative of the Japanese American cut-flower business that thrived in Richmond for most of the
20th century. The exhibition represents a "small story" of a complex,
partly-forgotten history of success and perseverance, focusing on three
families engaged in tending and selling a variety of flowers for local and
national consumption.
Blueprints, account books, and a desk constructed during the
Japanese internment by Tom Oishi are just a few of the many items selected for
viewing. The exhibition is designed to be an instructive event for the visitor
interested in an important chapter in Richmond's
cultural and social history.
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"Rivets" Returns to the Red Oak
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SS Red Oak Victory Ship
1337 Canal Blvd., Berth 6A
October 1st - 24th
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Saturday & Sundays matinees at 3 p.m.
No evening show Saturday, October 1 only (due to Homefront Festival)
Box Office: 925-676-5705 galateanplayers.com
$30 General Admission
$25 Seniors & Students
$5.00 of every ticket goes to the Red Oak Victory for a boarding fee
** $2 discount with donation for Blue Star Mom's Holiday Care Packages for Soldiers
FREE: Rosies, WW 2 Veterans and Uniformed Soldiers
The Kaiser Shipyards, the most famous and productive shipyards in the San Francisco Bay Area, serve as backdrop for RIVETS. In the past year, RIVETS has played to full houses in four separate runs, and the show's success prompted another run.
According to Covington, audiences will be treated to three new songs, and a much tighter book. The production team believes RIVETS is a story of importance not only to those living in the Bay Area, but to people across the country, and "look forward to that development."
Covington was recently honored with a 2010 Northern California Emmy Award for his work on the Robert Redford narrated documentary "Saving the Bay." While composing the music for RIVETS, he juggled writing for the PBS documentary, and building the music for RIVETS.
"Each time the show has been done, changes have been made," said McCarty, adding that visitors will also note the changes in the road to get to the ship - "all paved, lined, lit and clearly marked. And the riser style seating has been added to the theatre which occupies one of the Ship's holds."
The Red Oak Victory ship is the last surviving Victory ship built and launched in the Kaiser Richmond Shipyard.
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Comedy Night at the Boilerhouse
| Boilerhouse Restaurant
1414 Harbour Way South
Saturday, October 16th
8 pm
$10
Purchase tickets here
Anthony Hill is a nationally touring stand up comedian who is considered a favorite at the San Jose Improv performing with national headliners including Brian Regan, Brett Butler, Robert Schimmel, Jeff Dunham, Darrell Hammond, Maria Bamford, Harland Williams, and Bob Sagat.
"Chicago Steve" Barkley is a Bay Area based, internationally known comedy veteran of stage, screen, and radio. Steve headlines comedy clubs all over the US, Canada, Mexico and even Guam!
Trenton Davis is beginning to make his mark on the Comedy scene as one of the funniest comedians alive. Diverse audiences and fellow comedians are drawn to his charismatic style and witty material like a moth to a flame and find themselves wanting more than one set can offer.
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Monday Night Football is Back at the Craneway!
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Craneway
1414 Harbour Way South
Every Monday night
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.
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Point Richmond Acoustic Music presents Jeni and Billy
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Point Richmond Acoustic Music kicks off its fall concert series on Sunday, October 17, 5 PM with folk duo of Jeni and Billy at the First Methodist Church of Pt. Richmond. South Bay songwriters Bev Barnett and Greg Newlon open the show.
Based in Nashville Tennessee, Jeni Hankins and Billy Kemp, aka Jeni & Billy, draw on Appalachian roots music for their songs of miners, preachers, ramblers, lovers, and plain-living folk. Jeni is featured on the vocals with Billy adding harmonies and adding accompaniment on guitar, banjo and mandolin. Jeni's authentic voice (she was raised in rural Virginia) owes a debt to the Carter Family, Hazel Dickens and Jeanne Ritchie. A natural born story teller, Jeni earned earned her Masters in Degree in English, and song comes along with a detailed tale of how it came about, and who the characters are.
The result is heartfelt and musical, and audiences across the country have been completely charmed on each stop of the couple's first extended national tour.
The show opens with the eclectic contemporary folk of Bev Barnett & Greg Newlon. With an amazing blend of voices powered by Greg's guitar, Bev and Greg create lyrics and harmonies that explore life, love and the pursuit of something real. The connection they have with each other flows through the audience with each song - complete with laughter, bad jokes and a few tears. The Point Richmond First Methodist Church is an intimate place for concerts and music is an important of its program. Built more than one 100 years ago, the octagonal sanctuary accentuates the up close and personal nature of the music.
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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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Octoberfest and More at Hotel Mac This Month |
Hotel Mac
50 Washington Avenue
Wednesday specials: $20 Prime Rib $25 Lobster or choose both for $40
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays enjoy a 3 course meal for only $25!!
Monthly wine tasting - every 1st Tuesday of the month. $5 donation to Richmond PAL covers all the tastes you desire and wonderful appetizers.
Join local beer lovers at Hotel Mac on October 12th for a special Octoberfest Banquet.
Reservations recommended. (510) 233.0576. |
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Autumn Wine Tasting to Benefit Saffron Strand
| Courtyard by Marriott Hotel
3150 Garrity Way
Thursday, October 21st
5:00 pm -8:00 pm
$50 per person
Vintners and wine stewards are going to host tables and pour samples from their cellars. Other sponsors are contributing in-kind donations to support Saffron Strand's work. More than a dozen local area vineyards, wineries, and wine-serving restaurants are participating. The cover is $50, with all the proceeds going to support Saffron Strand's work to reduce homelessness by getting the homeless back to work.
Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, live music, raffles, and a silent auction. The raffles and silent auction feature gift cards and valuable products from local retailers, many perfect for yourself, your family, or your gift-giving during the holiday season. Every Autumn Wine Tasting participant receives a souvenir wine glass.
Enjoy samples from some of our area's leading, community-minded vineyards, wineries, and wine-serving restaurants.
See flyer here.
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Fall Fest at the Point
| Point Richmond
Saturday, October 23rd
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
FREE
The historic neighborhood of Point Richmond will host its second annual Fall Fest on Saturday, October 23rd. Fall Fest will feature live music, an arts fair, food and drink pavilion, and fall-inspired activities for people of all ages. The event will
be held from 10:00am to 6:00pm on Park Place between Washington and West Richmond Avenues in downtown Point Richmond, just off the 580 freeway. Fall Fest is hosted by the Point Richmond Business Association, Point Richmond Music, Parents Resources and More, and Arts of Point Richmond.
More information here.
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| Richmond Memorial Auditorium
403 Civic Center Plaza
Friday, Saturday October 29 & 30,
6:00pm-10:00pm
$5 per person
Sunday, October 31st
11:00-2:00pm
Special Matinee $3 per person
Haunt Autorium to include: Haunted House, Kids Carnival Games / Activities and Creepy Music and Light Concessions. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 29 & 30, and 31st, 2010 at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium located at 403 Civic Center Plaza, the City of Richmond Recreation Department opens it's newest and greatest haunted house attraction. With all new and unique designs and scares, all who enter this truly frightful attraction will experience a new dimension of fear. Our main goal will be to attack every possible fear and to exploit as many senses as possible. "We plan to scare you from all angels and you will NOT be safe from fear even if you are standing in the middle of your group. Interested in a scary experience that will truly freak your mind. Prepare yourself as classic monsters and aliens creep from the basement and impose their malicious intent on those brave enough to wander into the "Hauntatorium" Due to the rather intense scare factor, we recommend only the bravest souls ages 10 and up enter the "Hauntatorium"" although "all ages: access is permitted when accompanied by an adult. For the little ones, Recreation Department will present bounce houses and classic carnival games along with light concessions during the event. |
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RPAL Costume Ball Annual Fundraising Gala
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Richmond PAL
2200 Macdonald Ave
Saturday, October 30th
$25 per person, tables available
Purchase tickets here
Come enjoy an evening of entertainment and socializing with great food, drinks, and dancing with some awesome people in the community. Try your luck with our silent auction, casino gaming, and costume contest. Great prizes are sure to be won. Come in costume, black tie, casual attire, or what ever you feel like! Anyone over 21 is welcome...so bring a date, a friend or two, mom and dad....just come! |
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201 W Richmond Avenue
Suite B
Richmond, California 94801
510-237-1403 |
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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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