The Point Richmond Farmers' Market is back for another wonderful season bringing you the freshest produce, baked goods, hot foods, olive oils, flowers, and much more! Bring family, friends, and neighbors to enjoy the Grand Opening on Wednesday, April 27. We're at Park Place, north of Richmond Ave. and will run from 4pm to 8pm, through October 12.

There will be an official ribbon-cutting ceremony, music, kids' activities, free giveaways and much more! So come down and help us start the season off with a bang! 

2011 Schedule

First Methodist Church of Point Richmond

201 Martina Avenue

Saturday, April 30th

8:00 pm

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Hear Point Richmond native Matt Eakle play the most amazing flute music you've ever heard, along with Jack Dorsey on drums, Alex Baum on bass and Joey Edelman on piano. Discover what flute-fired fusion is all about!  Since joining the David Grisman Quintet in 1989, Bay Area flutist Matt Eakle has been blowing crowds out of their chairs and onto their feet as the first wind player to share the front line in the David Grisman Quintet. He is featured on 14 Acoustic Disc CDs and counting, with the DGQ, Jerry Garcia, Enrique Coria, and as the leader of his own jazz trio on the CD, Flute Jazz. On these and hundreds of other recordings, Matt takes people's preconceived notions of what a flute can do and blows them inside out.

Richmond Main Street

1000 Macdonald Avenue Suite C

Reception Friday, April 29^th

5:00 pm -7:30pm

Join Richmond Main Street to celebrate our latest Art in Windows exhibit featuring Bay Area artists Virginia Jourdan, Malik Seneferu, and Ron C. Smith. Nibble on light refreshments, enjoy great art, mingle with the artists, and enjoy the company of friends and community members. Please RSVP no later than April 27 via email to admin@richmondmainstreet.org or by calling (510) 236-4049.

The Spring 2011 Art in Windows exhibition brings together three Bay Area artists: Malik Seneferu utilizes color, symbols, and abstraction to explore his relationship to home and heritage. Ron C. Smith's work-whether figurative or abstract-captures the dynamic influence of music. Virginia Jourdan's paintings offer viewers a glimpse into the parenthood through the depiction of intimate, quite moments between mother and child.

About Art in Windows:

Richmond Main Street Initiative continues to transform downtown Richmond by presenting art that embodies the rich diversity of our community. Art in Windows is a collaborative project with the Richmond Arts and Culture Commission that brings together artists, curators, scholars, business owners, merchants, residents, and organizations from the local community in the exhibition of temporary public artworks. Through this ongoing project, we seek to transform vacant storefronts into living, breathing art spaces that celebrate the rich legacy and history of downtown Richmond, and to explore the relationship between art and community development.

Point Richmond Art Collective

121 Park Place

Saturday, April 30^th

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Free

We are having a Hawaiian Themed Reception in honor of Bobby!

Join us for the FUN! and an opportunity to purchase works by Bobby Anderson!

Bobby is a Bay Area resident with roots in Hawaii, he combines his love for Sailing, Surfing, Skiing and Thoroughbred Race Horses to create unique, original images for you to enjoy!

24^th Street and Barrett Avenue in Richmond,

Saturday, April 30^th

10:00 am-1:00pm

The popular family oriented, multi-cultural event of the year will start at 24th Street and Barrett Avenue in Richmond, and continue up 23rd Street, to reach its destination at San Pablo Civic Center.

The participants and spectators from all the over the Bay Area will proudly represent their Mexican heritage along with other cultures and heritages. The Parade will include five floats with live traditional Mariachi and Banda music, as well as the blasting sounds from DJ Sonido Eclipse. The parade grows every year, and is expected to have over 1000 participants this year, including many Aztec dancers, children from local schools, soccer teams, civic groups, youth groups, Elected Officials, and of course, classic cars. The end of the Parade will feature the popular Dancing Horses, dancing to Banda music.

The Grand Marshall this year will be Martha Anguiano, a young mother, who along with a group of soccer coaches in 2005 started the idea of the Cinco de Mayo Parade, with the theme "Peace and Unity, Paz y Unidad" after the Cities of Richmond and San Pablo had experienced street violence while celebrating Cinco de Mayo for a number of years. As a result of her leadership, ideas and support from the Latino community, the violence stopped and the celebrations have been taking place, since that time.

Cinco de Mayo Celebration

Candy, festivities, music, history!   

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April 30th

$10 in advance

$15 at the door 

The Richmond Art Center is celebrating 75 years as a dynamic and evolving arts organization.

Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center

The early years of the center experienced an exceptional number of solo, group, conceptual and juried exhibitions, which included many artists who have gone on to great renown. This exhibit features work by more than 30 artists who either exhibited, worked, or taught at the center from the 1940s to the 1980s.

WCCUSD Student Art Show

Now in its 46th year at the Richmond Art Center, the Annual West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) Student Art Show is a collaborative project between WCCUSD and the Richmond Art Center.