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What's Happening in Richmond
October 4, 2011
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Wine tasting, the East Bay Center for Performing Arts is holding not one, not two, but THREE events this week, a play, conferences, yoga, music, art - we've got it all this week in Richmond!
Michelle
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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Hotel Mac
50 Washington Avenue
Tuesday, October 4th
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
$5.00 per person
Join us on Tuesday October 4th for our annual Cabernet Wine tasting. For only a $5 donation to the Richmond PAL, you will be able to try over 30 different wines and have the opportunity to purchase your favorites at a one night only, discounted price.
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EBCFPA Community Launch Party
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East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
339 11th Street
Thursday, October 6th
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$50 per person
The Center opens its doors to Richmond and beyond for a community benefit celebration of our new home, featuring international food, beverages and entertainment. The evening will include performances by the Richmond Jazz Collective, Richmond Bloco Steel Band, Kpanlogo Drumming, live salsa music, dancing, and a special guest DJ. Performances will feature all-star faculty, alumni, and special guests.
To purchase tickets, please contact East Bay Center:
1) by phone: Call our Box Office at (510) 221-6353. Please leave a message with your information if we are unable to take your call at the moment.
2) download our TICKET ORDER FORM from our website. Return via mail, or email: boxoffice@eastbaycenter.org, or FAX (510) 234-8206.
3) in person: Our Box Office Hours are M-F 4pm-7pm; Saturday 9am-12noon
4) online: Click here to PURCHASE TICKETS at Brown Paper Tickets.
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The Cemetery Club - One weekend Only
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Masquers Playhouse
105 Park Place
Friday and Saturday, October 7th and 8th at 8:00pm
Sunday, October 9th at 2:00 pm
All seats $10
Ida, Doris and Lucille, whose personalities run the gamut from thoughtful to outrageous, are the members of the "cemetery club." They meet monthly for tea, gossip and a visit to their husband's graves. Their routine is upset when the widower Sam shows up and Ida discovers that she just might be open to a new relationship. Sparks fly as her friends, feeling threatened, attempt to sabotage the budding romance. Light-hearted and funny with a thoughtful message.
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Divine Play AcroYoga Festival
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Craneway Pavilion
1414 Harbour Way South
Friday, October 7th - Monday October 10th
From October 7-10, the 2nd Annual Divine Play Acroyoga Festival comes to Craneway (www.acroyoga.org). Daytime sessions feature classes for all levels, from total beginners to day-long intensives for in-depth study-taught by master teachers in the respective fields of yoga, acrobatics, and Thai massage, and AcroYoga teachers from around the world. Saturday night's Give Love Bodywork Benefit-featuring therapeutic flights-will benefit the Africa Yoga Project in Kenya.
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Point Isabel Plant Restoration
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Point Isabel
Saturday, October 8th
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Join Tom and Jane Kelly to help continue their ongoing native plant restoration project along the Bay Trail between Point Isabel Regional Shoreline and Marina Bay. Where: Point Isabel next to the dog park - just off I-580 (take Central to the bottom of the I-580 overpass. At the stop sign (Rydin Road) turn right and come down to the end of the street.)
Contact info: Tom or Jane Kelly (510) 704-8628 (w) or (510) 684-6484 or kyotousa@sbcglobal.net. Please do RSVP - it will help them coordinate tools with the East Bay Regional Park District. And remember to wear long pants, bring hats, sun screen, water, and family and friends. They will supply gloves, tools, and refreshments.
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Unity in the Community "Project One Love"
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Richmond Civic Center and Auditorium
403 Civic Center Plaza
Saturday, October 8th
9am-4pm
More Information
The day-long event will culminate with a live concert, featuring several Bay Area vocalists and musicians dedicating their gifts and talents in solidarity and love in support of their brothers and sisters in the Richmond/East Bay Area.
Bring the family and find the help you need from over 100 county, state and local nonprofit agencies.
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Bay Trail Walk
Ford Point
Saturday, October 8th
11am-12:30pm
Stroll with a park ranger along the Bay Trail from Ford Point (end of Harbour Way South) to Marina Bay Park and discuss the enormous teamwork effort of the WWII Home Front.
Rosie the Riveter Memorial
Marina Bay Park
Saturdays, October 8th
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Join a park ranger for a 45 minute program exploring civilian contributions on the home front during WWII.
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Point Richmond Fall Festival
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Downtown Point Richmond
Saturday, October 8th
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
FREE
Music, Games, Food, Drinks
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Iron Triangle Family Legacy Day
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East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
339 11th Street
Saturday, October 8th
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
FREE
An in-door and out-door day of entertainment, family activities, and presentations honoring the history and legacy of the Iron Triangle neighborhood. Program will include music and dance performances by Center faculty and students, spoken word from Richmond youth, dedications by local residents and civic leaders, workshops in steel pans, African dance, capoeira, and Mexican dance, for children and parents.
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Celebrating Extraordinary Art
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Richmond Museum of History
400 Nevin Avenue
Saturday, October 8th
2:00 pm - Opening Reception at the Museum's Garden and Patio
Entertainment and Refreshments.
2:30 pm
Tina Amidon will present her MOSAIC ART SCULPTURE
3:00 pm
The Museum's new exhibit Photographs of DOROTHEA LANGE: Richmond 1942-1944 will open to the public. The exhibit will contain 21 photographs taken here in Richmond by Dorothea Lange during WWII.
Photos in the exhibit come from the Dorothea Lange collection, Oakland Museum of California, City of Oakland, Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
Christina Gardner, Dorothea Lange's friend, assistant, and a photographer in her own right, will be in attendance and give a brief talk. More information here.
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2nd Year Anniversary Party!
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Point Richmond Art Collective
121 Park Place
Saturday October 8th
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
FREE
Come on down and meet all the artists at the collective. Refreshments served.
More information here.
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North Richmond Shoreline Festival
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Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Park
5551 Giant Highway
Saturday, October 8th
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Map & Directions to Point Pinole Park
Join us at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Park for FREE BBQ, live music, children's activities, boating, and more! More information here.
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Encuentro del Son, a Mexican Rural Fandango
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East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
339 11th Street
Sunday, October 9th
3:00 pm - 8:00pm
Suggested donation: $10
East Bay Center's son jarocho community hosts a California-style Mexican rural Fandango celebrating the opening of the restored Winters Building. The Fandango (an event at which people compose/recite poetry, sing, play and dance son jarocho, a traditional Mexican art form) will feature guests from Mexico and provide an atmosphere of rural familial culture and shared joy.
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| | Ongoing and Repeating Events |
Pt. Richmond Farmers Market
| Point Richmond
Park Place
Wednesdays
4:00 pm -8:00 pm
FREE
The Point Richmond Farmers Market will close for this year in 2 weeks.....October 12th !! But...there is good news - for the next two weeks we'll have a fish vendor!! So bring your cooler down and stock up!
Organic fruits & vegetables, entertainment, and food. Art galleries and restaurants are open as well.
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| Marina Gardens Bingo
1401 Marina Way South
Wednesday - Saturdays Doors Open at 5 pm
Games begin at 7 pm |
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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Golden State Model Railroad Museum
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Golden State Model Railroad Museum900-A Dornan Drive Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays Noon - 5:00 pm $4 for Adults $2 for Senior Citizens & Children under 12 $9 for Families Fully wheelchair accessible Train fans of all ages will be thrilled to see the largest model train museum in Northern California. See the website for more information. Trains run on Sundays only!
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Gang of Four + 1 at NIAD
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NIAD
553 23rd Street
FREE
Gang of Four +1 features two distinct exhibitions, a group show of NIAD artists featured in Create at BAM/PFA, and we're inaugurating our new Project Wall.
Work by Jeremy Burleson, Willie Harris, Marlon Mullen and Attilio Crescenti will be on display in the main gallery. Each artist has a small body of work in the Create exhibition, but we thought you should see more of their creative output.
In addition to the group show we're very happy to inaugurate our new Project Wall exhibition space, which is adjacent to the gallery. This new venue will highlight new and experimental studio projects. Jonathan Velasquez will be the first NIAD artist to transform the wall with an installation exploring his identity.
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Weekly Events at the Boilerhouse
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Boilerhouse Restaurant
1414 Harbour Way South
The Jazzschool and the BoilerHouse present a month-long jazz series featuring our top student groups at the BoilerHouse Restaurant in the Marina District in Richmond. Music begins at 7 pm.
October 5: Quarteto Guarana
October 12: Telegraph Jazz Trio+
October 19: Lazarus, Dineen and Lee
October 26: The Jazzschool Institute Advanced Ensemble
SATURDAY SUPPER - 10% off with Local ID Locally Sourced Chef Special Point Richmond's Farmer's Market Available Individual and Family Style SATURDAY SUPPER CLUB Special Menu · 8pm - 11pm Featuring Live Music performed by our Local Artist of the Month Visit us on Facebook for menu and music guest schedule and watch NFL - MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL |
Richmond Certified Farmers Market at Civic Center Parking Lot
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Civic Center Parking Lot
24th & Barrett Avenue
Fridays
8 am - 5 pm
Richmond Certified Farmers Market is open every Friday, year round from 8am to 5 pm. The market, in the Richmond Auditorium parking lot at 24th and Barrett Avenue, has offered locally grown fruit, vegetables, nuts, plants,eggs, chickens and other edibles since l983.
A free market basket is given away each week. For more information contact Seve Ghigliotto, market manager, at 510-206-7271. |
| Playland Pirates Weekend |
Playland Not-at-the-Beach
10979 San Pablo Avenue Saturday, October 8th
Sunday, October 9th
10:00 am -5:00 pm.
Adults $15
Children under 14/Seniors $10
Playland has been boarded by the most aghr-r-riginal pirates to sail the seven seas. Come dressed as a pirate and win a special reward. We'll be hosting the biggest and best treasure hunt ever!
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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The Baltic
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The Baltic
135 Park Place
Tuesday, October 4th
9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Movie Night
Wednesday, October 5th
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm
On the Air - Wednesday night Jitterbug
"On The Air" is a swing/jump group good for both listening and dancing; think of Louie Prima meets Louie Jordan and Fat's Waller. Toe tapping. Fun.
Thursday, October 6th
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Baltic Sessions - Hosted by Larry & co Baltic Sessions hosted by Larry Lawson, Michael Van, Kid Eckel, Brian Lawrance and Noah takes place every first Thursday. This group has a core of experienced Point Richmond and Bay Area Musicians. Other musicians are welcome to join in.. They will be "free-styling" different known and homemade tunes. Genres they will be venturing in to include Blues, Jazz, Americana and Rock.
Friday, October 7th
9:30 pm - 11:59 pm
Reed Fromer Band
The Reed Fromer Band is one of the Bay Area's most dynamic and enjoyable R&B bands, featuring top-level musicians and powerful vocals. The group's repertoire consists of exciting, danceable R&B/funk material and beautiful, moving rock and soul ballads. Material is drawn from such dependable sources as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, The Isley Brothers, Chaka Kahn & Rufus, B.B. King, The Doobies, Earth Wind & Fire, Jeffrey Osbourne, and Maxwell.
Saturday, October 8th
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Major Powers & The LoFi Symphony
Sunday, October 9th
6:00pm - 9:00 pm
Adachi & Preuss Duo - Jazz "standards" - piano/guitar duet featuring Michael Adachi and Jon Preuss at the Baltic Restaurant.
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The RAC Remembers
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Richmond Art Center
2540 Barrett Avenue
Through November 12th
Exhibits MAIN, SOUTH and WEST GALLERIES Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center, Part II In continued celebration of the Richmond Art Center's 75th Anniversary, Beyond Tradition, Part II features the work of recognized artists that have been a part of the center's history from the 1980's until the present. Curated by Emily Anderson and Anthony Pinata. COMMUNITY GALLERY The Anxious Landscape - Photographs by Malcolm Lubliner Featuring photographs from Lubliner's series titled The Anxious Landscape. The work uses two visually related stories - those places where nature and human enterprise merge and where automobiles amplify the story. What interests Lubliner is the "humorous, ironic, sometimes disturbing edge of environmental uncertainty that has become our common province." |
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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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A Tribute to Lena Horne - Rosie the Riveter 1940's USO Dance
| Craneway Pavilion
1414 Harbour Way South Friday, October 14th 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Advanced Tickets $20 per guest, $15 Seniors At the door (based on availability) $25 per guest, $20 Seniors
Anyone in uniform or with a military ID - past or present - is FREE
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The 5th Annual Home Front festival by the bay
| Craneway Pavilion
1414 Harbour Way South Saturday, October 15th 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
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FREE Technology Trainings for Small Businesses
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1 classroom and 8 Webinars!
E-Procurement Location: 500 Ellinwood Way, P.H. September 14 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Course for small businesses provides information on this powerful software, and how to incorporate it into a small business model for increased efficiency and profits. Learn how to contract with the government, secure Small Business Administration contracts, understand e-sourcing and much more.
Collaboration Management September 21 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM via webinar*
Helps businesses find methods for working and competing in a borderless, wireless, global economy. Learn how collaborative management and technology software can help your business effectively connect with customers, streamline services using fewer resources while increasing profits & improving efficiency. And more!
Purchasing & Inventory Management September 28 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM via webinar*
Explores the technologies available to small business for implementing supply chain management practices which drive down costs and improve customer service. Learn why and how big company enterprise resource planning (ERP) is now available to smaller companies and about other supply chain processes, including point-of-sale (POS) systems and more!
Website Development October 5 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM via webinar*
Lays the foundation for the successful integration of a website into normal business operations and introduces the best practices of web development to the small business owner.
E-Marketing October 12 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM via webinar*
For small businesses -will look at a variety of options when marketing their business online. Strategies and marketing tools like e-newsletters, social media, and search engine optimization (SEO) will be discussed.
E-Commerce October 19 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM via webinar*
Will show how to conduct sales transactions on the internet, including shopping cart, payment gateways and inventory distribution for small businesses. Attendees will leave knowing how to develop their own online store.
Project Management Tools October 26 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM via webinar*
Introduces small and emerging business owners to best practices of this technology. Attendees will leave knowing how to optimize their operational systems and their company's software budget.
Online Financial Management November 2 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM via webinar*
For small businesses-includes information on lending strategies, loan packaging and structuring, how to secure financing, financial statements (balance sheets, income and cash flow statements), ratios and industry comparisons, and post-loan strategies.
Customer Relationship Management November 9 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM via webinar*
This course for small businesses will cover the benefits of using CRM tools to increase revenue, to lower operating costs and to attract and retain customers. And much more.
*Webinars: From your computer. Courses include an additional 1 ½ hours of self directed tutorials.
Cost: All are FREE! Register online: www. ContraCostaSBDC.com
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New Downtown Free Shuttle!
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The Richmond Circular Shuttle began operation through its service provider- TransMetro, Inc. on July 1st. The service is funded through the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and can be accessed within a five mile radius to multiple health facilities and clinics, pharmacies, businesses, recreation, residential communities, and employment centers for those traveling to and from the El Cerrito Del Norte and Richmond Intermodal BART stations.
In an effort to provide the highest level of quality, dependability, reliability, customer service and a convenient schedule, riders can hop aboard the free "Richmond Circular Shuttle" at any of its 11 stops. Buses will arrive every 15-20 minutes during commute hours from 7:00am - 7:00pm (excluding weekends and holidays).
The objectives of the service is to ensure mobility and access and to link key regional destinations through reliable public transportation services including bus, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Amtrak for all of Richmond residents to travel to and from San Francisco and other Bay Area destinations. The service uncommon efficiency to meet evolving transportation needs promotes quality service and reliability.
Shuttle Route Cutting Blvd
Shuttle Route Cutting Blvd Schedule
Medical Shuttle Route
Medical Shuttle Route Schedule
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201 W Richmond Avenue
Suite B
Richmond, California 94801
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Are you planning an event? We can help! Give our office a call at(510) 237-1403
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