Hotel Mac

50 Washington Avenue

February 28^th - March 1st

4:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Come Celebrate Hotel Mac's 101st Anniversary with a free dinner entree. This Tuesday- Thursday, when you purchase one entree you will receive one free.   Maximum value of the free entree discount is $16.

One offer per table.   Not valid with any other offer or promotion. Call for reservations 510-233-0576.

Present a copy of the email to your server to receive your free entree.

The NeXus

1414 Harbour Way South Suite 1010

Thursday, February 23^rd

7:00 pm

Tickets: $12 Advance
$16 at the Door

Purchase tickets here 

Does money make you HAPPY? Kids and family? Your work? Do you live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution?

HAPPY combines cutting-edge science from the new field of "positive psychology" with real-life stories of people from around the world whose lives illustrate these findings. We see the story of a beautiful woman named Melissa Moody, a mother of three who had a "perfect life" until the day she was run over by a truck. Disabled for nine years and disfigured for life, amazingly she is happier now than before her accident. Manoj Singh, a rickshaw puller from the slums of Kolkata, India who lives in a hut made of plastic bags with his family, is found to be as happy as the average American. Through these and other stories HAPPY leads us toward a deeper understanding of how we can all live more fulfilling, healthy and happy lives.

Los Cenzontles

13108 San Pablo Avenue

Saturday, March 3^rd

7:00 pm

Tickets are $10-$15 (sliding scale) for adults and $5 for children

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Tickets are on sale now. Call 510-233-8015 or stop by the Center (13108 San Pablo Ave., San Pablo, CA 94805 - in Dias Plaza) to purchase your tickets

Los Cenzontles, based in San Pablo, CA, infuses a distinctly contemporary, American sound with deep Mexican roots. The band will be performing at Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center on March 2nd at the 2nd annual Music & Tamales event. Join us for an evening of superb musical entertainment, homemade tamales, beverages, and great company!

Rosie the Riveter Memorial

Marina Bay Park

Marina Bay Parkway & Regatta Avenue

Saturday, March 3rd 

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.

Home Front History on your BIKE!

Saturday, March 3^rd - Rain Cancels!

Explore Richmond's WWII-era history along the Bay Trail. Bring your bike and meet park rangers at Lucretia Edwards Park at the end of Marina Way South. (Easy, Helmets Required).

 Taqueria Tuesday

$3 Margaritas Night  

classic * raspberry * melon * blueberry

Featuring Boilerhouse favorites:

Boilerhouse Nachos $9  

Chef's Special Trio of Mini Tacos $7

Chicken Tostada Salad $11

Saturday Supper Club

8:30pm  

Featuring Live Music and our new Boilerhouse Dinner Menu.

Dr. Suess' Birthday Weekend at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts

339 11th Street

Through March 4th

Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm

Sunday Afternoons at 3:00 pm

Regular Performance Tickets: $15

$10 for students and seniors

To purchase tickets, please contact East Bay Center for the Performing Arts:

1) online: Click here to PURCHASE TICKETS at Brown Paper Tickets.

2) 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.

3) email: boxoffice@eastbaycenter.org.

4) in person: Our Box Office Hours are M-F 4pm-7pm; Saturday 9am-12noon

This award-winning autobiographical solo show was written by Mr. Taylor, with original direction by Ellen Sebastian Chang. "In Search of My Father..." recalls Taylor's adventurous search for his absent father Bill Hawkins, the first black disc jockey in Cleveland, Ohio. Taylor brings extraordinary acting talents to his six weekend performances, while R&B, blues, jazz and gospel musical interludes celebrate the cultural legacy of black radio. The 90-minute show follows the inspiring and heartwarming true story of Taylor's journey of self-discovery and destiny as he performs a range of richly defined characters.

NIAD Art Center

551 23rd Street

Through March 16^th

Dreamy vistas, tumultuous storms and monsters parading across the horizon will be on display in a survey of studio work that transforms our perceptions of the natural world. Participating artists include Lois Ann Barnett, Ray Brown, Julio Del Rio, Heather Edgar, Luis Estrada and Audrey Pickering.

Richmond Art Center

2540 Barrett Avenue

January 10^th - March 9^th

MAIN GALLERY

The Art of Living Black 16th Annual Bay Area Black Artists Exhibition.

This exhibition is the only annual non-juried exhibition and self-guided art tour in the Bay Area to exclusively feature regional artists of African descent. Featuring over 50 local artists.

SOUTH GALLERY

Rising Tide: A Post-Cautionary Tale, Continued

A Work in Progress  

Richmond-based artist John Wehrl.

COMMUNITY GALLERY

Ancestral Melodies Paintings & Mixed Media 

Ancestral Memories is a solo exhibition of the work of James Gayles.

The Teapot, Reinterpreted.

The Teapot, Reinterpreted is an intimate group show of California artists that explore and expand the teapot through varied media and size.

Kitchen@812 - a Food Business Incubator

Orientations for Kitchen@812

Fridays (10am - 11am)

812 San Pablo Avenue, Ste. 2 in Pinole

To register please call (510) 327-9466

Kitchen@812 enables entrepreneurs the opportunity to launch and develop their food ventures. We invite you to learn more about this project by attending a Free Orientation.

Pikanha's Winter Exhibit 2012

Pikanha's Brazilian Steak House

25 West Richmond Avenue

510.237.7585

Steven Hurst

In 1990, Steve made his first clock out of a bookend he'd had for 18 years. A year later, hit hard by the recession in New York, he created his first series of clocks.  His latest endeavor incorporates color-changing LEDs to create his "Meditation Series." His goal is to use as many recycled materials as possible to create beautiful works of art that people enjoy looking at, whether to tell the time, or simply as eye candy.  Steve believes a timekeeper should be prominent and a thing of beauty.

Malik Seneferu

A self-taught poet, painter, draughtsman, muralist, and illustrator; Seneferu is also the founder of "Aesthetic Ascension" art social network.  Seneferu's subject matter is rendered in a variety of techniques of approach, ranging from social, political and spiritual issues within challenged communities worldwide and has become well known for his art-magnet invention.

The Planning and Building Services Department is now accepting nominations for the Historic Preservation Commission's 5th annual Historic Preservation Awards.

The purpose of the awards program is to increase public awareness of Richmond's heritage by recognizing individuals, organizations, businesses, and agencies whose contributions demonstrate outstanding commitment to excellence in historic preservation, local history or promotion of the heritage of the City. In addition to public and private buildings or structures, eligible historic preservation projects include media, publications, presentations and exhibits, parks, burial grounds, public art, oral history, theater productions, events and video presentations.

If you're interested in nominating a preservation project or activity to receive an award, the nomination form is attached. You can also pick up a nomination form in person by visiting the Planning and Building Services Department's information counter (City Hall at 450 Civic Center Plaza, 2nd

Floor) weekdays between the hours of 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. The deadline to submit nomination forms is 5:00 PM on March 30th 2012. Awards will be presented at the ceremony on May 7, National Preservation Month. Last year's award recipients included the City of Richmond and the Save the Plunge Trust for Rehabilitation of the Richmond Municipal Natatorium.

Please contact Hector Rojas, Associate Planner at (510) 620-6662 or hector_rojas@ci.richmond.ca.us with any questions about the awards program.

NEWSBYTES

From the Contra Costa Times: 

Who? Who? Last Sunday, the Eye made a modest contribution to science -- with its ear.

Shortly before dusk, The Eye ran into Nel Benningshof and Nick Despota, of Richmond, in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park as the two veteran birders demonstrated their tripod-mounted field scope to a group of teenage passers-by.

The youths zoomed in on a pine cone, when Despota announced, "I see two American robins" and swiveled the scope around.

The couple were taking part in the Great Backyard Bird Count, when birders across North America tally each species they identify in a four-day period.

Richmond is prime bird-watching territory, situated on the Pacific Flyway and near the mouth of the Sacramento River, Benningshof explained. As of about 6 p.m. last Sunday, Richmond was in third place among 620 California localities, with 99 bird species reported by around a dozen contributors. Later in the week, Richmond was running fourth, but the species count had climbed to 130.

As The Eye left, Despota instructed it to listen for the Great Horned Owl, demonstrating its characteristic "Hoo-HOO" call. The couple had seen one swooping overhead two years ago, but no one in Richmond had logged any yet during this year's Bird Count. Less than 10 minutes later, on a narrow trail near Wildcat Creek, the Eye heard "Hoo-HOO, HOO, HOO." Three more times the call came, in the same rhythmic pattern.

Reached by phone later

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that evening, Despota said The Eye's observation, even without a visual sighting, was valid, because the Great Horned Owl's call is unmistakable. He and Benningshof had heard it, too, he said, but too faintly to tally it with confidence until the Eye confirmed it.

For more information on the Great Backyard Bird Count, go to www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

Observations made during the Feb. 17-20 period will be accepted until March 5.

 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.  

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