Arts of Point Richmond

Point Richmond Community Center

139 Washington Avenue

Tuesday, June 21^st

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Free

Silvia Y. Ledezma, a San Francisco artist, now living in Point Richmond, is a photographer, printmaker and creates jewelry using beads and semi-precious stones.

Silvia's extensive travel through Mexico in the early 70's prompted her "Surrealist Experience with Photography". She was discovered by Mexican Master Photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo after being selected to exhibit at Mexico City's foremost Auditorio Nacional (National Auditorium).

A decade later, Silvia returned to San Francisco California, became a mother and received a State Grant to attend College of Arts and Crafts. Armed with a B. A. Interdisciplinary Arts and M. A. Visual Studies from U.C. Berkeley she had a career in teaching. The Carpenter's Union gave her an opportunity to be training as a Journeyman Carpenter and Scaffold Builder. Silvia's drive to educate encouraged her to become a Tradeswoman Carpenter and Delegate. Silvia currently is expressing her art in digital photography, designing T- Shirts graphics and making jewelry.

''...by using Folk Art and found objects to create a Surreal Tableaux, I try to convey the identity (and directly experience) between the living and the dead. These images are based on childhood memories woven into my Mexican Heritage.''   Silvia Y. Ledezma

Richmond Main Street

Macdonald Avenue & 12^th Street

(FoodsCo Parking lot)

Wednesday, June 22nd

5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Free

Put on your dancing shoes and get on down to Main Street for our annual Music on the Main summer concert series. With energetic music, dancing, arts and crafts activities, local food, retail vendors, raffle drawings, and information booths. Music on the Main has something for everyone.

You will be thoroughly entertained and rejuvenated by our star line-up of entertainers on Wednesday, which features Andre Thierry and his band Zydeco Magic, the Reed Fromer Band, and the East Bay Center for Performing Arts Iron Triangle Urban Ballet.

NIAD Art Center

551 23^rd Street

Art Show: June 20th - August 19th
Reception: Saturday, June 25^th, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

ORGANIZED BY TIMOTHY BUCKWALTER,

THE THIRD IN A THREE-PART SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS, OFFERING A BROADER VIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ART  

Shattering the conventions that have until now segregated artists with disabilities from their mainstream contemporaries, Chase The Tear blends more than 40 works culled from artists and galleries across the country with those from NIAD Art Center's studio program.

Chase The Tear is the final installment in a three-part exhibition series, Life of The World To Come, that presents a preview of a future where work from disabled artists is viewed in the same light as pieces and projects from artists who may not have a diagnosis extreme enough to qualify them as "other." In reality, however, the show is not breaking new ground so much as making visible what is already underway. Artists with disabilities - from Willem De Kooning to Chuck Close - are already a part of the contemporary art world. But Close and De Kooning were already established before becoming disabled. The next logical step in the opening up of the contemporary art world would be the inclusion of artists with disabilities based on the quality of their work, but without the requirement of a prior pedigree.

Composed of paintings, sculptures and works on paper, Chase The Tear is a reflection on Beth Gibbons' alluring croon and fractured lyrical impressionism heard in Portishead's song of the same name. The exhibition features work from Val Britton, Cederick Brooks, Jeremy Burleson, Kristi Dean, Luis Estrada, Sam Gant, Brent Hallard, James Ham, Heather Hamann, Willie Harris, Shana Harper, Scott Hewicker, Chris Johanson, Jeffrey Cortland Jones, Michael Macfeat, Ann Meade, Philip King, Rosita Pardo, Tony Pedemonte, Dean Smith, Rochelle Peterson, Wendell Singleton, Lisa Solomon, Micke Tong, Rebecca Whipple and Douglas Witmer.

For more information please contact Brian Stechschulte at (510) 620-0326 or brian@niadart.org.

Mark LeMaire and Twilight in concert

First United Methodist Church

201 Martina Street (corner W Richmond Avenue)

Sunday, June 26th

5:00 pm

$10 per person

Returning to perform after their August 2010 concert at 1st United Methodist Church, the music of New Acoustic performer Mark Lemaire is both ethereal and deeply grounded, the guitar playing virtuosic and not quite like anything you've heard before. Berkeley songwriter Carol Denney says that "To call him a remarkable player would be a considerable understatement - just about nobody I know is doing what Mark can do on the guitar." He's shared the stage with Tracy Chapman, Maria Muldaur, The Dixie Dregs, and bass virtuoso Michael Manring. Recording studio experiences include work with producer Jimmy Miller (Rolling Stones, Blind Faith, Traffic), and Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls).I have heard many wonderful CDs over the years, but a few of them just have that magical something. It is hard to explain. "Rubato" is one of those few. It is more like a companion than a recording," Steve Meckfessel, songwriter & recent performer at Point Richmond Acoustic Series at 1st UMC.

The NeXus

1414 Harbour Way South Suite 100

Friday, June 24^th

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Advance $15; Door $20

Purchase

Information

Free Tea and Parking

With visuals by Lynn Augstein/Cobalt Sun

As a composer and performer, Matt created a distinctive style using an extraordinary breath driven synthesizer as his primary melodic expression. He and his band, The Venusians, made unique contributions to the budding genres of World Music and Electronica. Using traditional instrumentation with newer innovations, they were also the first to introduce this style to the world of Special and Gala Events, where they maintain a strong presence to this day.

As a soloist Matt plays a newer innovation known as the Hang. It has become his greatest gift and mission to share the beauty of this heart-opening instrument in many capacities.

The NeXus

1414 Harbour Way South Suite 100

Saturday, June 25th 

Doors open at 7:00pm, film at 7:30pm

Suggested donation is $12 advance, $15 door.

No one turned away for lack of funds

RSVP 650-207-3440 or go to VisionaryEdge.org

"Queen of The Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?" is an in-depth investigation to discover the causes and solutions behind Colony Collapse Disorder; a phenomenon where honeybees vanish from their hives, never to return. Queen of The Sun follows the voices and visions of beekeepers, philosophers, and scientists from around the world, all struggling for the survival of the bees. While other bee films focus exclusively on commercial beekeepers, Queen of The Sun emphasizes the biodynamic and organic communities who have differing opinions from many of the outspoken migratory commercial beekeepers and are often overlooked by the media despite their deep and profound insights into the long-term issues that have brought about the recent collapse.

Queen of The Sun reveals bees as a barometer of the health of the world. Bees fly millions of miles to keep the earth in bloom and have provided humans with honey, wax and pollination for our food for over 10,000 years. Through animation and illuminated imagery, Queen of The Sun uncovers how bees were highly revered by the Egyptians, Mayans and Greeks, but the bond between humans and bees, once a sacred partnership is now a complicated, profit-driven, industrial enterprise.

Richmond Memorial Auditorium

403 Civic Center Plaza

Saturday, June 25^th

Doors Open 6:30 pm / Bell Time 7:30 pm

Advance Tickets: Ring Side $15, Box Seats $10, and Balcony Seats $7

At the door: Ring Side $20, Box Seats $15, and Balcony Seats $10.

510-620-6793 or Event Hotline @ 510.472.1153

Showcase Includes:

Special Guest General Manager & Ring Announcer NBA Legend

Gary "The Glove" Payton,

Insane Boys ~IceBox & Tony Fury, Gangrel, Jeckles the Jester, $$Money Mike Rayne$,

Jason Styles, Shane Cody, Super Diablo, Larry Blackwell, Chicano Flame, All American Mike, la Flors & Many More...

A Saturday night you won't want to miss...on the main floor of the Richmond Memorial Auditorium. Bring the family for enjoyable evening and good, wholesome time.  

The Masquers Playhouse

105 Park Place

Sunday, June 26^th

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

General admission: $20, payable at the door.

Season Ticket Holders and Masquers Members:  $10.

Reservations:  510-232-3888.

Mr. Reyes will be performing works by Frederic Chopin, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaac Albeniz, and Agustin Barrios in an evening of classical guitar performed in the intimate setting of our 88-seat theater.

There will be a wine reception following the recital. Copies of Mr. Reyes' new CD, Heart Strings, will be available for purchase.

We hope you will join us for a wonderful evening of classic guitar.

Craneway Pavilion

1414 Harbour Way South

Saturday June 25^th

$32 per person in advance

All ages event, must be 21 to drink

Coming together for the very first time in history, on one bill, one night only! June 25th at The Craneway Pavilion NUCLEAR ASSAULT, AUTOPSY, CATTLE DECAPITATION, WHIPLASH, ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST, WARBRINGER, UNDIVIDED and many more!

Richmond Public Library, Community Garden

325 Civic Center Plaza

Sunday, June 26^th

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Free

Join us for a morning of creating and cleaning our community seed garden. The garden will be used to educate the community about seed saving while growing quality seed for the community. No gardening experience needed. Come join us. Bring shovels or hand tools for planting, if you have them. Tools will also be provided.

The NeXus

1414 Harbour Way South #100

Sunday, June 26th

10:00am-5:00pm

$50-$500 sliding scale

Registration

Living Courageously:

Choosing Nonviolence in the Face of Fear with Miki Kashtan, Ph.D.

We all know stories about people who maintain their integrity, be it a commitment to nonviolence or an unpopular position, despite the potential of significant cost to themselves. Gandhi's life and writings, for example, continually point out the vital role of learning to act despite fear in order to embody the spirit of nonviolence. Each one of us has myriad opportunities on a daily basis to overcome fear and live in deeper integrity with our values.

This day-long workshop is designed as a hands-on exploration to support participants in understanding the dynamics of fear and polarization, and to provide tools for responding to challenging situations. Our goal is to equip participants with core principles of Nonviolent Communication they can use to depolarize issues and to make difficult choices. One key principle we focus on is learning to identify, moment by moment, what's most important in a given situation, to be able to choose with integrity and clarity how to show up in a way that provides connection, understanding, and peace to all involved.

JUNE 29TH AT THE FARMER'S MARKET (4-8) WE WILL BE HONORING THE MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR MILITARY ALSO VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES (ceremony between 5:30 to 6:00).

It would be wonderful if Veterans could be in uniform, but it is not necessary to be honored.

WE WILL ALSO BE CELEBRATING THE 4TH OF JULY - Flags for the children and some special events.  The Prairie Rose Band will be entertaining.  The Richmond History Museum, The Red Oak Victory and the 4 Armed services will have representatives.

Soldier' Angels will be collecting items for care packages which they will send to our troops or just give a donation to help with the postage.

We're at Park Place, north of Richmond Ave. and will run from 4pm to 8pm, through October 12.

Never too old to Play with Cars Weekend.  Doesn't matter if your 5 or 55.  Matchbox or 57 Chevy. Cars are a part of all of our lives.  For some it is a passion, for others a part of our daily lives we hardly think about. This weekend we have been driven to have a fun cars time at Playland, even if it is just a passing fancy.

Masquers Playhouse

105 Park Place

Through July 9th

All seats $20

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm

Sunday matinees at 2 pm on June 19th & 26th

What if all of your favorite musicals were rolled together into one compact über-show? This crowd pleaser is a melting pot of musical bliss that manipulates the classic "I can't pay the rent!" story in five acts. Each act references and parodies the style of Broadway's brightest: Rodgers & Hammerstein (Oklahoma!), Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd), Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly!), Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom of the Opera), and Kander & Ebb (Cabaret). This smash will keep you laughing from start to finish with sharp wit and puckish energy.