Point Richmond Acoustic Music continues its fall concert series on Friday, January 14^th.  Singer songwriter Caren Armstrong opens the show. More information is available at www.folkunlimited.com.

Coyle is best known as a former member of the popular Bay Area band, the Waybacks, and is also perhaps the Bay Area's most sought after finger style guitar teacher as well as a regular contributor to Acoustic Guitar magazine.

Coyle's first solo CD, Ten In One, demonstrates Coyle's eclectic abilities. He could easily play it straight and perform acoustic ditties a la Leo Kotke. But Coyle's witty and quirky songwriting and deadpan vocals add another layer to Coyles's music and add depth to his live shows.

Says Point Richmond Acoustic promoter Bruce Kaplan: "Stevie has a devoted following of fans, and its easy to see why. He's a great guitar player, and a completely charming performer."

Opener Caren Armstrong is no stranger to Bay Area audiences. A singer, Songwriter and record producer, Armstrong emcees the long running Celebrating Songwriter series, the Bay Area's longest running showcase for songwriters. Her guitar work, catchy melodies and heartfelt songs have drawn audiences from the Bay Area to her native Texas.

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 hexagonal shaped sanctuary accentuates the up close and personal nature of the music.

Point Richmond Acoustic is co-sponsored by Point Richmond Music, Folk Unlimited and the First Methodist Church of Point Richmond.

The Craneway Pavilion will host the 2nd Annual Chocolate and Beer Festival Saturday February 19th from 2pm to 6pm.

We are inviting local, craft chocolatiers and breweries to help us to raise funds for a local non-profit, Saffron Strand, who finds solutions for the homeless. SaffronStrand.org

See last years event summary and photos here.

NIAD

551 23rd Street

Monday - Friday

9:00 am - 4:00 pm, or by appointment

Opening Reception:  Saturday, January 22, 2-5pm

THE FIRST IN A THREE-PART SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS

ORGANIZED BY TIMOTHY BUCKWALTER

OFFERING A BROADER VIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Shattering the conventions that have until now segregated artists with disabilities from their mainstream contemporaries, Twist and Crawl blends more than 30 works culled from artists and galleries across the country with those from the National Institute of Art and Disabilities studio program.

The Masquers Playhouse

105 Park Place

January 21st through February 26th

Purchase tickets here.

by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa;

directed by Patricia Inabnet

Our 2011 Season kicks off with this celebration of the uncanny:

Two intertwined one act plays in the style of Hitchcock and The Twilight Zone begin our season. In the first play, a director of horror films survives a terrible train wreck only to be haunted by the ghost of one of the passengers who didn't survive. In the second, Abby and Joe travel to a small town in rural Oregon to make peace with the man who murdered her parents and younger sister. The Mystery Plays wrestle with the most profound of human ideas: the mysteries of death, the afterlife, religion, faith, and forgiveness.