Arts of Point Richmond

Pt Richmond Community Center

39 Washington Avenue

Tuesday, March 20^th

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Featuring Four Fine Artists

Jean Brady

Tom Brichta

Joe "Jojo" Cerda

Chris Madison

Featured Poet

Joan Gatten

Guest Poets

Tim Nuveen & Paul Thompson

More information at www.artsofpointrichmond.com.   

The Nexus at United Earth

1010 Harbour Way South #100

Thursday, March 21^st

7:00pm - Doors open (socializing and tea)

Advance Tickets $12
At the Door $16

Purchase tickets here

Free tea and parking

Into the Current: Burma's Political Prisoners directed by Jeanne Hallacy, is a moving film that sheds light on Burma's unsung heroes - its political prisoners - and the price they've paid for speaking truth to power under a military regime. The film is a co-production with the Democratic Voice of Burma and features Bo Kyi's work to free all political prisoners in Burma while striving to deepen the understanding of their role as political leaders.

After the film, Bo Kyi will address the essential role political prisoners have to play in Burma's burgeoning democracy movement and in national unity, as well as the sincerity of the recent rapid-fire changes that have taken place in Burma, including a substantial release of high-profile political prisoners on January 13, 2012. He will elaborate on what is needed to solidify these changes and genuinely move Burma towards a sustainable democracy.

BART Mart & Deli

1551 Nevin Plaza

Friday, March 23^rd

11:00 am-1:00 pm

More downtown news here 

After years of vacancy, the doors of 1551 Nevin Plaza opened on March 2 and introduced the BART Mart & Deli to the community. Join us in welcoming one of downtown's newest businesses: the BART Mart & Deli.

Stop by to meet your new downtown business and enjoy a Special BBQ lunch for only $1.99!

The NeXus
1414 Harbour Way South #1010

Friday, March 23^rd

7:00pm - 9:00pm

General Admission: $17

Purchase tickets here

Enjoy an evening of performance and conversation with three of the planet's top spoken word poets. Drew, Danielle, and Luka will illuminate the stage and dialogue on the links between art and activism, poetry and justice, imagination and social change. This will be an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind evening that you don't want to miss!

Drew Dellinger, founder of Planetize the Movement, is an internationally known speaker, poet, writer, and teacher.

Danielle Drake-Burnette, 2003 Oakland Poetry Slam Champion, is the author of Cast Iron Life: A Collection of Poems and Recipes.

Luka Lesson is the current Australian Poetry Slam Champion and Co-director of the Centre for Poetics and Justice.

Bus Tour

Friday, March 23rd

Saturday, March 24th 

9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Reservations Required

FREE

Take a city bus tour with park ranger Betty Soskin to visit key park sites while reflecting on African American home front experiences. Call 510-232-5050 x0.

Memorial Tour

Marina Bay Park
Saturday, March 24th 

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 located on the corner of Melville Square and Esplanade Drive in Marina Bay Park.

It Takes Two

Mocha Moms of West Contra Costa County

ShBoom Nightclub

2410 San Ramon Valley Blvd, Suite 130

San Ramon

Saturday, March 24th

6:00pm-2:00am

Price is $39 per person or $78 per couple

Purchase tickets here by March 21st

You are cordially invited to the Third Annual Dinner and Dance in honor of Black Marriage Day. Come out and celebrate with us! We will be embracing the whole idea of celebrating love that we all have for our significant others married or not, spend time together away from our lovely, cherished babies and to rekindle that romance we all had when the love first started.

Tickets include: Dinner buffet (from 6:00-8:00pm), cover charge (dancing till 2:00am), reserved seating, and three drink tokens! Complimentary Bottle of Champagne to take home ... a gift from Mocha Moms! (Must not be opened at the club) We will also be raffling two $25 Gift Certificates to the "44 Sports Lounge" in Hercules!

Hilltop Mall

2200 Hilltop Mall Road

March 23^rd - April 7^th

Located in the JC Penneys Court

Sun 12pm-6pm
Lunch Break 1:15pm-2pm, Dinner Break: 5:15pm-5:45pm
Sunday Break: 2:15pm-3pm

Masquers Playhouse

105 Park Place

March 23^rd - April 28^th

All seats $20

Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm

Sunday matinees at 2 pm APRIL 1 and 15

MASQUERS BENEFIT SUNDAY, APRIL 22

For reservations, call 510-232-4031 orPurchase tickets here.

In The Real Inspector Hound, an absurdist comedy by Tom Stoppard, two bombastic and pompous theatre critics watch a ludicrous murder mystery, become involved in it, and cause events to parallel the play they are watching. The 15-Minute Hamlet is a comedic abridgement of William Shakespeare's famous tragedy, rewritten by Stoppard to hilarious effect.

Celebrate Spring at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach

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.

 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  

March 24th Acrobatas
A high energy group composed by musicians from the US, Cuba and Brazil.  It's like someone invited musical acrobats from all Americas into the same room and locked the door.

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.

Come join the all-singing, all-dancing, no-trans fat, "6th Annual Richmond Silly Parade"!

            March with us, or crowd the sidewalk and overwhelm us with cheering.

            Building on the success of the city's Cinco de Mayo, Juneteenth, and Home Front festival, the Richmond Silly Parade was originally conceived as a parody of marching parades. But its real purpose was to build community by using humor as rebar.   The parade has become just that; a celebration of people's energy, imagination, pride, and initiative featuring musical groups, sports teams, civic organizations along with a generous helping of old-fashioned fun.

            Previous marches, led by La Raza Unida Car Club, have included the Senior Citizen Dry-Water Swim Team, Rosie the Riveter Park Rangers, the Boy Scouts, art bikes, pets in costume, pet owners in costume, giant puppets, The Iron Triangle Philharmonic, soccer teams, The Marching Moustaches, saxophone players, the Chu-chu Train, and Mother Earth herself.

            This year, in the "6th Annual", we hope to add a gospel choir, a Toddler Contingent (1-5 years), kids wearing their Halloween costumes (6-12 years), stilt walkers, floats, high school marching bands, a Dog Lovers Brigade, street ballet, the Wind Chime Orchestra, and YOU getting in touch with your Inner Silly.  

            For questions, free parade ideas, and to sign up, ring The Silly Parade Committee at (510) 235-5519, or email richmondsillyparade@gmail.com. Be there or be oblong.

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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