Richmond Public Library - Main Branch

325 Civic Center Plaza

Wednesday, March 7th

10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Great selection of books, videos and etc. offered by the Friends of Richmond Library. Any 10 items for $2.00! Grab-a-bag or two!

REGISTER NOW for FREE REACT/CERT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAINING

March 7 to April 25:

Learn emergency preparedness skills to use in your home, neighborhood, and workplace. Training gives you tools and knowledge to survive an emergency. Lifesaving instruction includes proper use of fire extinguishers, damage assessment, how and when to shut off your utilities, disaster medical/first aid and triage as well as how to form your neighborhood emergency response team.

The series is 8 classes on Wednesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm, at the Richmond Fire Department (RFD) Training Center, 3506 Cutting Blvd. ending with a Drill on Saturday, April 28, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm also at the RFD Training Center.
  To register: 510-620-6866   or e-mail: Kathy_gerk@ci.richmond.ca.us

Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman in Concert

Lovonya DeJean Middle School

3400 Macdonald Avenue

Saturday, March 10^th

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Free admission includes lunch

Keynote Speaker: Tiny, a.k.a. Lisa Gray-Garcia co-editor, Poor Magazine and Poor News Network

Richmond High School Mexican Dancers  

Iron Triangle Urban Ballet youth hip hop dance

EBCPA

Richmond Writes - youth poetry

Richmond resident Kathy Robinson's impressions from recent stay in Africa

Ohlone blessing * Zumba * art activity * group oral history * networking  

New this year: Solidarity Walk to Civic Center and back

Traditional / ethnic dress is encouraged!

More info 510-620-6502

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.

Tour the "World's Greatest Naval Ship"

USS Iowa

Port of Richmond

1411 Harbour Way South

Saturdays and Sundays until the end of April

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

More information

Built in 1940, the USS IOWA served our country for over 50 years. Designated the "World's Greatest Naval Ship" due to her big guns, heavy armor, fast speed, longevity and modernization, she kept pace with technology for more than 50 years.

Currently the bow of the USS IOWA is the only area available for visiting onboard the ship. It is the intent of PBC to open additional areas prior to the departure of IOWA to Los Angeles. During your visit there are additional exhibits to visit including vehicles from the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation, a Harpoon missile, 16" shells and numerous other exhibits from regional museums.

Please be aware of the following requirements when visiting the USS IOWA while in Richmond:

   ► The USS Iowa is currently unable to accommodate visitors on board that are unable to walk unassisted. However, there are plenty of shore side exhibits that can be viewed.

   ► Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Adults need to be aware of steep brow, brow step at top, steel protrusions and deck unevenness and take the proper steps to keep children aware at all times.

   ►Children 10 and under must be accompanied by one adult per child on the ship tour.

   ►Appropriate footwear must be worn at all times on board the USS Iowa. No heels or open toed shoes permitted.

   ►Appropriate clothing is required. No shirts, no shoes, no boarding.

   ►No pets permitted onboard, unless service animals.

   ►Visitors appearing to be intoxicated will be denied boarding.

March Madness at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach  

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.

 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.

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.

Craneway Pavilion

1414 Harbour Way South

Saturday, March 17^th   10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday, March 18^th  10:00 am - 4:00 pm

$12 per person (good for both days)

$3 Children 5yr-12yr

Purchase tickets here 

The East Bay Heritage Quilters, a huge guild of very accomplished quilters, will be holding its biennial quilt show in Richmond this March.  EBHQ has existed for more than 30 years, and has been mounting their spectacular quilt shows in Oakland until now.  Some of the best quilters and fabric artists in the country will be showing their pieces.  Also, there will be a special exhibit of African American quilts, and a mini-mall of vendors.

Added features:  6 demonstrations of quilting skills, 38 vendors, & silent auction of quilts

Special exhibit:  There will be a "show within the show" of 22 quilts from the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland. 

The theme of the special exhibit is "Ancestral Memories. "Each quilt tells its own story about some aspect of remembering ancestors including the underground railroad, voting as a family, and traveling from Africa.

Point Richmond Art Collective

121 Park Place

Saturday. March 24^th

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Point Richmond Art Collective is hosting a reception for locally-renowned clock designer, Steve Hurst, on Saturday, March 24th from 4 to 8 pm. His creations are made from recycled and found objects ranging from a half-round chair leg to a calculator that stopped working.

Point Richmond is the East Bay's newest art Mecca in a beautiful, quaint, historic setting. Visit our other galleries and international restaurants while you're here.

To see some of Steve's clocks, visit stevenart.com.

The gallery is located at 121 Park Place, next to Starbucks--just off the 580 Richmond Parkway exit. For additional information, call the gallery at 510.778.1480, or Steve at 510.932.6085. If you are an artist looking for a gallery to exhibit your work, contact us. The exhibit is free to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Visit the gallery website, pointrichmondartcollective.org, for additional gallery information.

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 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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Medical Shuttle Route 

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