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What's Happening in Richmond
November 15, 2011
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Did you see our Richmond Rockets win the first game of the season? Friday night they play again, come out and support Richmond basketball!
Comedy, theater, arts shows, and basketball. It's a full 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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Arts of Point Richmond - 1st Annual Potluck Dinner
Our Lady of Mercy Church Hall
301 West Richmond Avenue
Tuesday, November 15th
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Must RSVP and Contact us for Potluck Info:
Richard Melvin @ 510/237-7281 & Altha Humphrey @ 510/232-2934
Linda Drake @ 510/672-0793 drakemrs@comcast.net
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Maritime Child Development Center Tour
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Maritime Child Development Center
1014 Florida Avenue
Wednesday, November 16th
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Reservations Required - 510-232-5050 Ext 0
Come and hear how the Maritime Center served children whose parents were working in the Kaiser Shipyards during the second World War. Learn about the preservation of the school building, and view original furniture and toys.
Tour a wartime preschool classroom within the Maritime Child Development Center. Tour begins in front of the lobby.
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Boilerhouse Stand Up Comedy Show
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Boilerhouse Restaurant
1414 Harbour Way South
Thursday, November 17th
9:00pm
Produced by Contra Costa College Drama
Directed by Kathryn G. McCarty
Students from Contra Costa College Drama Dept perform stand-up comedy at the BoilerHouse restaurant. Come support the students and have a great night out.
Please come before 9pm for dinner. Bar open late.
*Not suitable for children - Adult humor. |
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PRBA Annual Dinner Theatre Fundraiser
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Point Richmond Business Association
Hotel Mac & Masquers Playhouse
Thursday, November 17th
$45 per person - includes Dinner, Tip and Performance
"HOT MIKADO"
adapted by David H. Bell from The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan; directed by Ellen Brooks
In the mythical village of Titi-Pu, where flirting is illegal, a young man on the run from his over-eager fiancée is searching for the woman who stole his heart. Unfortunately, she has already been promised to her much older guardian. A series of seemingly fool-proof plans are hatched, only to be foiled by the merciless Mikado. A snappy, 1940s-style adaptation of a Gilbert and Sullivan classic!
RSVP: David Vincent 510 235-4850 or emaildavincent@sbcglobal.net
Proceeds benefit PRBA.
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DeWitt's View of the Cup
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DeWitt Gallery
Point Richmond Art Collective
121 Park Place
Point Richmond
Friday, November 18th
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Well known marine artist, Jim DeWitt, will show his latest work inspired by the upcoming Americas Cup sailboat races on San Francisco Bay. Join Jim and other art collective artists and friends in the gallery for a glass of wine and other refreshments.
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Rosie the Riveter Memorial Tour
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Marina Bay Park
Marina Bay Parkway & Regatta
Saturday, November 19th
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
FREE
Join a park ranger for a 45 minute program exploring civilian contributions on the home front during Word War II. Tour starts at the Rosie the Riveter Memorial in Marina Bay Park.
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Ride with a Ranger
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Craneway Pavilion (west side)
1414 Harbour Way South
Saturday, November 19th
10:00 am
FREE
Join a National Park Service park ranger on Saturday 11/19 on a guided bicycle tour that will introduce riders to some of the historic resources within the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park.
During the 10-mile round trip ride along Richmond's Bay Trail, cyclists will stop at several historic buildings, parks, and trail markers to learn about the social history of the home front during World War Two.
Ride will begin promptly at 10 AM, on the west side of the Craneway Pavilion, at 1414 Harbour Way South. Ride will continue around Marina Bay, along the Bay Trail east to Point Isabel, and back.
Note: Helmets required for all riders. Bring your own bike, water and snacks. This event will cancel in case of rain.
Questions or to RSVP: Contact lucien_sonder@nps.gov or call 510.232.5050 xt 6622.
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Road Not Taken
| The NeXus at United Earthworks
1414 Harbour Way South #1010 Saturday, November 19th 7:00 pm Performance 7:30 pm Wine & Cheese Reception 8:45 pm $60 per per person - all proceeds to benefit NIAD Art Center
A dear friend of ours, Betty Reid-Soskin, is celebrating her 90th Birthday in style and proceeds from the party will benefit NIAD. If you don't know Betty, she is an absolute treasure to our local community and the Bay Area at large. Her daughter Dorian Reid attends NIAD and she works as a community outreach assistant at the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond. Her birthday party is called the Road Not Taken. The event will celebrate her illustrious life and Betty will perform s series of songs that she hasn't crooned in public in nearly forty years! Betty turned down an entertainment career when she was a young mother, hence the title of the event. If you would like to learn more about Betty you can read her blog! We hope you can join us! |
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Arts & Culture Tour in Downtown
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Richmond Main Street Initiative
1000 Macdonald Avenue
Monday, November 21st
5:00 pm
Join RMSI for the launch of this season's Art In Windows exhibit, featuring the eclectic art of Slimm Buick. Then join us for a tour of downtown as we walk to 400 Marina Way for a viewing of Buick's work. From there we'll walk along the new Nevin Avenue streetscape and Plaza to the East Bay Center for Performing Arts, where we'll enjoy a brief reception and view a screening of the Richmond Main Street Downtown Champion Video Project, a film that recently premiered in the East Bay Center's Iron Triangle Legacy Projects.
Slimm Buick is a San Francisco native best known for his amazing music collection and dynamic Art Bikes. Buick's more notable art bikes include Rawhide, the Elvis Bike, and the Orange Barron, a bicycle that resembles a board track racer. He is also the founder of the Bicycle Art Salon where he creates a variety of custom bikes for all aesthetics and function.
Through kinetic sculpture, watercolor, art bikes, and song Buick expresses a wide range of interests and influences that often collide. Buick has been featured in shows at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Oakland Museum. For more information about Slimm Buick visit his
website.
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Richmond Rockets Basketball
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Memorial Auditorium
403 Civic Center Plaza
Friday, November 18th
Game starts 7:30 pm
$10 per person
Not only did the Rockets win the season opener at home, the next night the did it again on the road. Come see our team play great basketball on Friday night.
Playing the San Francisco Rumble team. |
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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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Weekly Events at the Boilerhouse
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Boilerhouse Restaurant
1414 Harbour Way South
SATURDAY SUPPER - 10% off with Local ID
Locally Sourced Chef Special
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
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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. |
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Peter Pan Weekend
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Playland Not-at-the-Beach
10979 San Pablo Avenue
Saturday, November 19th
Sunday, November 20th
10:00 am -5:00 pm.
Adults $15
Children under 14/Seniors $10
It doesn't matter if you're 5 or 55, EVERYONE can be a kid again at Playland. Our Peter Pan & Tinkerbell treasure hunt will have guests racing to find the clues before Captain Hook steals them. We are just as much fun as Neverland and you don't need to travel on until morning, because we are right here in El Cerrito!
More information about Playland here
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The Baltic
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The Baltic
135 Park Place
Tuesday, November 15th
9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Movie Night Wednesday, November 16th
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
DJ VidaLee's JUKEBOX
A dance social featuring rockin' American Music of the 1940s--1960s from The Mother Road, Route 66 and beyond
Thursday, November 17th
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Baltic Sessions hosted by The Kit Eakle Trio
Friday, November 18th
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Baltic Sessions - Hosted by TJ and the Quadrphonics ~ R'n'B
"...the band adding their own unique personal touch to a broad array of standards that ranges from Sinatra to Elvis, Motown to funk, R&B to pop. And man can T.J. sing... Their song list alone makes the Quadraphonics the ultimate cross-over band able to play to any crowd no matter their age or musical taste...
Saturday, November 19th
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Dr Mojo ~ Rythem 'n' Blues
Dr. Mojo has played over 200 shows all around the San Francisco Bay Area over the past 5 years, building a faithful following of fans who love to spend an evening with some good-time soul, rhythm and blues, Dr. Mojo-style.
Sunday, November 20th
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 Hot Mikado
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Masquers Playhouse
105 Park Place
November 4th - December 17th
All seats $20
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm
Sunday matinees at 2 pm November 13th, 20th, December 4th
adapted by David H. Bell from The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan;
directed by Ellen Brooks
Our season comes to a rousing finish as East meets West in The Hot Mikado. In the mythical village of Titi-Pu, where flirting is illegal, a young man on the run from his over-eager fiancée is searching for the woman who stole his heart. Unfortunately, she has already been promised to her much older guardian. A series of seemingly fool-proof plans are hatched, only to be foiled by the merciless Mikado. A snappy, 1940s-style adaptation of a Gilbert and Sullivan classic!
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Celebrating Extraordinary Art
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Richmond Museum of History
400 Nevin Avenue
Through December 17th
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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Art From the Heart
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NIAD Art Center
551 23rd Street
Reception November 19th, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Exhibit November 14th - December 30th
Gallery Hours 9:00 am - 4:00 PM
FREE
NIAD's annual exhibit featuring every NIAD artist in one overwhelmingly beautiful group show. There are lots of fresh faces working in the studio producing new and intriguing work you cannot miss.
Come to the reception and begin your holiday shopping!
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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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Abstraction...It's Good for You
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Refined by Fire Art Gallery
103 West Richmond Avenue
Exhibit open through December 3rd
Artists Reception Thursday, November 17th
6:00 pm - 9P:00 pm
FREE
Join us for the reception/party celebrating the "Abstraction..It's Good for You" show at Refined by Fire Gallery. As part of the Point Richmond Art Walk. Come on down for the snacks and refreshments for the body and mind, music to soothe the soul... and, of course the art and artists who shared their vision with the world. Be part of what promises to be a great way to spend an evening.
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510Arts Open Call for Artists
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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
or send an email.
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