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What's Happening in Richmond
September 18, 2012
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Roller Derby girls are back at the Craneway, hosting the West Region Finals - Go Richmond Wrecking Belles! Roller Derby not your thing? We have plenty of other events to delight and entertain you this week. Art, movies, dance, Festival and much more.
If you have an upcoming event, please send the details to my email to be included in the next edition.
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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FREE Zumba in Downtown is Back!
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310 9th Street
(at 9th Street & Macdonald Avenue)
Mondays ~ Lunchtime Zumba
12:30-1:30pm
Thursdays ~ After-Work Workout
5:30-6:30pm
7:00-8:00pm
We are excited to once again offer these free, high-energy fitness classes in downtown with Zumba instructor extraordinaire, Willa 'Bontle' Willis.
Plus, we've secured a new location in Downtown that will allow a flexible class schedule and class size! No need to reserve a spot--just show up and get fit moving to those fun beats!
All classes last one hour. Make sure to wear comfy, loose clothing and athletic/supportive shoes. Healthy snacks and water will be provided.
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"Bitter Seeds"
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East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Iron Triangle Theater
339 11th Street
Wednesday, September 19th
6:00 pm
All-Ages | Free! (Donations Appreciated)
Join us this Wednesday, September 19th at 6:00pm for dinner, music, a movie, and a community dialogue about food, farmers, and family and our global connection to each other through the use of genetically modified seeds from U.S. corporations and the controversial Prop 37 ballot initiative.
6:00pm - Dinner (Indian cuisine) & Classical Indian vocals - Gautam Tejas Ganeshan
6:30pm - Movie
8:00pm - Community Panel & Discussion
Panelists include: Rajasvini Bhansali of International Development Exchange (IDEX), Gary Ruskin from YES on 37, and Eric Holt-Gimenez from Food First
Bitter Seeds is a vibrant investigation of the predicament of central Indian cotton farmers, caught up in a vicious cycle courtesy of Monsanto's genetically modified seeds. Refused loans by the banks, the farmers borrow from illegal moneylenders at exorbitant interest and inevitably fall into irredeemable debt, further aggravated by low yields and a need for more fertilizer and water. Watch the trailer here.
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Point Richmond September Art Walk
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Point Richmond
Thursday, September 20th
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FREE
All the galleries, boutiques and restaurants are ablaze with visitors enjoying free refreshments, good music, laughter, a lot of great art and late night live entertainment. Find something you cannot live without!
*Point Richmond Art Collective: Reception for sculptors, Ted and Mary Bayer. Live music
*Up & Under Bar & Grill: Live music -- blues and late night Bar B Que
* The Baltic Restaurant: Jazz Jam Session (bring your instrument or your voice)
* Arts of Point Richmond: exhibit in Community Center
* Refined by Fire Gallery: exhibit and live music (pending)
* Refreshments served at all participating businesses
Specials at participating restaurants
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September Artists' Reception
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Point Richmond Art Collective
121 Park Place Point
Thursday, September 20th
FREE
Long term East Bay sculptors and El Cerrito residents, Ted and Mary Bayer, are new members of the Point Richmond Art Collective. Ted's abstract and figurative stone sculptures and Mary's whimsical ceramic and metal art works are exhibited in many private collectors' homes and gardens around the Bay Area. Their latest works are being featured in September at the deWitt Gallery.
In addition, a comprehensive portfolio of their sculptures can be found at www.bayersculpturestudio.com
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"Over The Rainbow" a transformational sound event.
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The NeXus
1414 Harbour Way South #1010
Friday, September 21
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$20 per person
Purchase tickets here
"A new vibration is swelling for earth and her people now and we have created a little story about this love vibration...kick back and relax for a sonic journey that is playful and profound in it's truth and beauty...." Enjoy Mark Deutsch's Majestic Bazantar, the sound instrument of creation, Ron Everettes heart-centered vocals , Jan Cercone's divine tones and light lan**guage, Vicki DeMartini Ruggeri on harp, Spruce on gongs with Val Serrant on percussion. Some of the best bay area musicians magically forming a rainbow bridge to something new...
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Bay Area Roller Derby West Region Playoffs
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Craneway Pavilion
1414 Harbour Way South
September 21st - 23rd
Doors open daily at 9:30 a.m.
3 Day Pass $80
Single Day Pass $27
Purchase tickets here
Bay of Reckoning - The revolution continues.
The revolution continues in Richmond, CA. Watch fiercely talented skaters compete for women's flat track roller derby's greatest glory in the 2012 WFTDA West Region Playoffs. Hosted by the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls
All seating is General Admission. There is no reserved or VIP seating for this event.
You must be 18+ to sit in trackside floor seats.
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Fall into Fun at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach
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Playland Not-at-the-Beach
10979 San Pablo Avenue
Saturday, September 22nd
Sunday, September 23rd
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Adults $15
Children/Seniors $10You've had your summer trip, now let's see you in the fall! Escape autumnal winds at the East Bay's most popular indoor play space. Earn prize tickets with our Falling Leaves Treasure Hunt!
More information about Playland here
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Fall Exhibitions Artists' Reception
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Richmond Art Center
2540 Macdonald Avenue
Saturday, September 22
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Mingle with the artists, sip wine, meet the RAC's new Executive Director, Ric Ambrose, and see four amazing shows.
Main Gallery: Hobos to Street People: Artists' Responses to Homelessness from the New Deal to the Present
South Gallery: Beyond Borders: Experimentation and Innovation in Enameling
West Gallery: Ahhh! Silica - Work by ACGA Clay & Glass artists that inspires AWE!
Community Gallery: Art on the Greenway: Celebrating the City of Richmond's 2012 Neighborhood Public Art Program
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Unity in Community
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Art on the Greenway: Film Screening and Artist Panel Talk
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Richmond Art Center
2540 Macdonald Avenue
Saturday, September 22nd
Noon - 2:00 pm
FREE
Local youth engaged with art and learned skills through Richmond's Neighborhood Public Art Program.
See their film that documents their community projects and bring your questions for the artist panel.
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12 Annual Blues in the Park Festival
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Abraham Braxton Park on Plaza Circle
Sunday, September 23rd
1:30 pm - 6:30 pm
FREE
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SF Munich Trio
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First United Methodist Church
201 Martina St. (corner West Richmond & Martina)
Sunday, September 23rd
5:00 pm
$15 at door
Internationally known trio will be performing! Rebecca Rust on Cello, Friedrich Edelmann on Bassoon, Vera Breheda on the Piano.
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Birding at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Park
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Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Park
5551 Giant Highway
Monday, September 24th
9:00 am to Noon
Join EBRPD Naturalist Anthony Fisher for Birds! Birds! Birds! And other stuff! For information, call 510-544-2233.
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Blossoms and Thorns Movie at Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center
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Open Daily
RORI Visitor Center
1414 Harbour Way South
FREE
A Powerful New Documentary Film By Ken Kokka, About the WWII Experiences of Japanese
Americans Flower Growers in Richmond. Time: 2:00pm
Location: Rosie the Riveter Visitor Education Center
Duration: 45 minute program: 20 minute movie followed by talk and questions/answers.
Presenters: Representative from the Japanese American Citizens League
and NPS Ranger.
Program: Overview of the experience of Richmond's Japanese American citizens who were
incarcerated during the Second World War.
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Richmond Main Street Farmers Market
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Nevin Plaza
13th Street & Nevin
Wednesday
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Your neighborhood Richmond Main Street Farmers' Market is the BEST place for local, seasonal fruits & vegetables. All our produce comes from California farms! Along with the freshest produce around, you will also find delicious baked goods, fresh cut flowers, gourmet foods, local honey, and more! Come to the Richmond Main Street Farmers' Market for lunch and leave with groceries for dinner!
WIC/EBT gladly accepted. PLUS: Spend $10 or more with your food stand or EBT bard and get $5 in market produce FREE. Just visit the Famers' Market info table to take advantage of this amazing offer
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Pt. Richmond Farmer's Market
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Pt. Richmond
Wednesdays
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Organic fruits & vegetables. Food vendors and more...
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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
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 Steve Ghigliotto, market manager, at 510-206-7271. |
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"All My Sons" at the Masquers Playhouse
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Masquers Playhouse
105 Park Place
Through September 29th
$20 All Seats
Purchase Tickets Here
Or call 510-232-4031
By Arthur Miller, directed by Dennis Lickteig
All My Sons is one of the towering masterpieces of American theater! Pulitzer-Prize-Winner Arthur Miller's tragic drama won the Tony Award for Best Direction (Elia Kazan) and a Special Tony Award for the author! Based on a true story, it tells of ordinary people destroyed by lies and betrayal, with criticism of the American Dream lying at the heart of the play.
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Crop Swap
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Courtyard, Richmond Public Library
325 Civic Center Plaza
Thursday evenings
5:30-6:30 pm
Join your neighbors every Thursday to share and swap the abundance of your garden. This event is ongoing through the season.
The event is organized by the Richmond Rivets, an organization dedication to re-skilling people and localizing our living.
Richmond Grows, Urban Tilth and the City of Richmond are co-sponsors of the weekly Crop Swap.
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"Trading Places" Artists' Reception
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NIAD
551 23rd STreet
Saturday, September 1st - November 2nd
FREE
A group show featuring NIAD's studio staff and artists, who have selected each other's artwork for display in the exhibit. The staff chose one piece of art by a NIAD artist whose work shares an affinity with their own. That artist then chose a work of art created by the staff member. The work will be exhibited in the following pairings:
Staff Member Artist
Veronica De Jesus Karen May
Jan Mignuad Shantae Robinson
Andres Cisneros Kevin Randolph
Ruben Guzman Jonathan Velasquez
Tomoko Murakami Maria Radilla
Lauren Ari Billy White
Maria Hartikainen Marlon Mullen
Jenn Brazelton Luis Estrada
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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 Museum
900-A Dornan Drive
Wednesdays 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturdays Noon - 5:00 pm
Sundays Noon - 5:00 pm
Admission Prices (when trains are running)
$4 for Adults
$2 for Senior Citizens & Children under 12
$9 for Families
A visit to our 10,000 square foot Museum of operating model trains provides an inexpensive, fun-filled outing for young and old, with plenty of room for youngsters to stretch their legs and expend energy as they follow trains along the 200+ feet of public walkway.
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The Baltic
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The Baltic
Thursday, September 20th
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Baltic Sessions - Jazz JamHosted by The Kit Eakle Trio" featuring Michael Price and Marcelino Quiroz
Friday, September 21st
9:30 pm - 1130 pm
Luv Stoned
September 22nd
9:30pm - 11:30pm
Dave Matthews Blues Band ~ Killer Harmonica Blues
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Free Teen Hip Hop Dance Classes
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Crescent Park Apartments
Multi-Cultural Resource Center
5000 Hartnett Avenue
FREE
Call (510) 692-4720 to register
Free Hip Hop dance class for teens, taught by The East Bay Center for the Performing Arts.
Please call the Bayview Branch Library for more information, at 620-6566. This program is sponsored by the Crescent Park Apartments and the Friends of the Richmond Public Library.
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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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Richmond Public Library presents:
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Richmond Memorial Auditorium
Bermuda Room
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Richmond Arts in Motion and Spirit & Soul
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Downtown Richmond
Macdonald Avenue between 13th Street and Harbor Way
Saturday, September 29
1:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Two great FREE events in one great city - East Bay Center for the Performing Arts' Richmond Arts in Motion: An Indoor/Outdoor Street Fair Celebrating Interactive Art and Play and Richmond Main Street Initiative's Annual Spirit & Soul Festival & Fundraiser! Mark your calendar for this festive street party on The Main in Richmond - Macdonald Avenue - to unveil a new, permanent interactive public artwork from internationally-acclaimed, Bay Area-based, digital artist, Scott Snibbe.
The day begins at Spirit & Soul from 1-5pm with a celebration of Richmond Downtown's revival with phenomenal musical performances featuring local favorite Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic and other top musical entertainment - set within an elegant outdoor bazaar atmosphere complete with fine dining, wine tastings, and unique artisan shopping.
Richmond Arts in Motion overlaps, beginning outside at 4pm with family-friendly activities (arts & crafts, bouncy house, face painting), Brazilian street performers (samba & capoeira), Mexican, Steel Pans, Hip Hop and African Music & Dance, processions, and food trucks. At 6pm, the official dedication of the artwork will take place. The action will then move inside the renovated historic Winters Building for more performances, including script-in-hand reading of scenes from a new Center-commissioned play, "Mattie Mae's", plus cutting edge performances.
Thanks to our funding partners - National Endowment for the Arts' "Our Town" Program and the City of Richmond.
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Richmond Bay Trail Mid Year 2012 Report
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This 13th Mid Year Report by TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee, features progress toward closing five gaps totaling over three miles of Bay Trail. Despite over 31 miles of San Francisco Bay Trail in place, 10.8 miles remain to be built in Richmond as shown on the last page of this report.
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Downtown Free Shuttle funded through 2013!
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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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