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What's Happening in Richmond
September 25, 2012
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Music, dance, swimming, festivals and so much more this week in Richmond. Have fun!!
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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Grown-up Game Night at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach
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Playland Not-at-the-Beach
10979 San Pablo Avenue
Thursday, September 27th
6:00 pm
Adults $10A date night like no other. Classic board games, FREE PLAY arcade and pinball (30+ machines!), a unique hands-on museum filled with friends and fun. Adults only, and admission is only $10.
More information about Playland here
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Pangea - One World One Dance
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Craneway Pavilion
1414 Harbour Way South
Thursday, September 27th
9:00 pm - 2:00 am
$8 in advance, purchase tickets here
$12 at the door
Pangea is a new type of party where, for one night, dancers of all kinds unite for an epic dance session to live and mixed beats. The eclectic dance party will be enhanced by live performances from a variety of dance styles, live painting and local vendors selling their crafts. More information here.
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Point Richmond Music's Last Concert for 2012
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Friday, September 28th
FREE
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm - Calaveras
www.calaverassongs.com
Singer-songwriters Greg Beattie and Victoria Blythe, along with instrumentalist Dave Decker, combine voices and a half dozen acoustic instruments into original songs that are both fresh and timeless--from the roots of American traditional song forms to explorations of contemporary sounds.
6:45 pm -7:45 pm - Con Brio, Funk, Soul, Blues www.thebandconbrio.com
Con Brio is a 6-piece band from San Francisco led by dynamic vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Xandra Corpora. Backed by horns, organ, bass and drums, the band's sound is high-energy and funky and their shows are captivating and fun. Con Brio has played many of the biggest stages in the Bay Area, including The Fillmore, Great American Music Hall, The Independent, Slim's, The New Parish and Regency Ballroom (as part of SFWeekly's All Shook Down Festival) and more in 2011 alone.
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Derrick N. Ashong & SoulFege
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The NeXus
1414 Harbour Way South #1010
Friday, September 28th
Doors open at 7:30 PM, show starts at 8:00 PM
$20 in advance, $25 at the door
Purchase tickets here
Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège are a refreshingly original and exciting group of musicians who have synthesized an eclectic blend of Hip-Hop, Reggae, Funk, World Beat and West African Highlife music to create an integral musical mélange of style and substance.
"Here are musicians, poised with a positive vibe and with lyrics so uplifting that you actually believe, if only for one night, that . . . a new world mood may emerge from the street and the Net, somehow defying the odds-a spirit of promise and hope and harmony, a spirit that denies dissonance. Soulfège lets us dream such sweet dreams, in vibrant colors."-VanityFair.com
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15th Annual Urban Festival
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Ephesians Church Parking Lot
2887 Foothill Avenue
Saturday, September 29th
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
FREE
Enjoy a day of fund, free food, games, and much more.
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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 29th
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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Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
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Hilltop Mall Sub-Station
2200 Hilltop Mall Road
Saturday, September 29th
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
FREE
Dispose of your prescription drugs safely on Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10:00AM-2:00PM. Located at the Hilltop Mall Sub-Station, 2200 Hilltop Mall Road near the lower level JCPenney (other locations are on the attached flyer). Prescription Drug Take Back Day is in opportunity to get rid of your unwanted or expired prescription medications safely. Pharmaceutical drugs can be just as dangerous as street drugs when taken without a prescription or a doctor's supervision. The majority of teenagers abusing prescription drugs got them from family and friends, or a home medicine cabinet. These medications can show up in our drinking water and are a threat to our environment if flushed into our water ways. Please dispose of them properly.
"If you are unable to make it, do not fret, there is now a permanent drop off box here at the Richmond Police Department, 1701 Regatta Blvd. Richmond, CA 94804." You may drop off your unused and or expired medications year round, from 7:00AM-8:00PM here at the PD. Please no liquid medications.
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Land of the Dragons at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach
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Playland Not-at-the-Beach
10979 San Pablo Avenue
Saturday, September 29th
Sunday, September 30th
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Adults $15
Children/Seniors $10For fire-breathing fun and a wonderfully winged good time, come to Playland's Land of the Dragons! You may have learned how to train your dragon, now see how you hunt for the dragon eggs hidden throughout our Museum of Fun. We celebrate dragons everyone can enjoy, whether you favor the mythical monsters of middle-ages England or the amorous creature of the Shrek films. Drag the family on down to Playland's special Land of the Dragons Weekend.
More information about Playland here
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Robinson-Weeks-Robinson Richmond Historic Walk and Health Fair
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Richmond Marina Bay Trails
Saturday, September 29th
9:00 am - Noon
Registration is $25.00 for Adults, $15 for youth and $10.00 for youth 12 and under. Special Senior Pricing $5.00
Register here
In Support & Encouragement of the Community Robinson-Weeks-Robinson are having our 1st Annual Historic Walk (Walk will start near the Ford Assembly Bldg. / New Rosie the Riveter WWII National Historic Park Visitor Center, with Historical Markers along the path i.e.. #7Home Front Legacy to #5 Americans All) and Health Fair on Saturday Sept. 29, 2012 starting at the Ford Assembly Bldg. to the Rosie the Riveter Memorial and back which is a total of 2 Miles.
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Music at the Boilerhouse Restaurant
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Boilerhouse Restaurant
1414 Harbour Way South
Saturday, September 29th
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
No cover
Come enjoy the great food and cocktails at the BoilerHouse and then dance the night away to the Classic Soul and R&B sounds of Juke Joint.
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Third Annual Keller Cove Open Water Swim
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Keller Beach
Sunday, September 30th
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
$40 - $50 per person
Register online here
This is an open water swim in San Francisco Bay for registered Masters and USA Age Group swimmers. It is a fundraising event to benefit a new swim team program for inner city youth, based at the restored Richmond Municipal Natatorium (Plunge). The swim is held at Keller Beach, Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline, walking distance from the Plunge and the Point Richmond Historic District. The event includes 500-yd (youth only), 1/2, 1 and 2-mile distances, wetsuit and non-wetsuit divisions, run concurrently in a triangular course with multi-wave starts. The swims begin and end on a sandy beach, and give swimmers an opportunity to experience a unique and largely unknown part of San Francisco Bay. Typical water temperatures in September are 60 to 64 degrees. Lifeguard and water safety provided by East Bay Regional Park District.
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Guatemala Independence Day Festival
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Craneway Pavilion
1414 Harbour Way South
Sunday, September 30
11:30 am
More information here
Though Guatemalan Independence day was celebrated on Sept. 15, there's still a chance to celebrate at Craneway Pavilion!
The second annual Bay Area festival celebrating Guatemalan independence is a great way to celebrate with both friends and family. Featuring performances by Fidel Funes y su Marimba Orquesta, Internacionales Conejos, Grupo Rana + much more!
For tickets & Info call 415.933.2767
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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 Closing Night & Dance Contest
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Pt. Richmond
Wednesday, September 26
4:00 pm - 7:30 PM
Dance Contest 6:00 - 6:30 pm 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" NIAD Exhibit
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NIAD
551 23rd STreet
Through November 2nd
Gallery Hours 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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 27th
8:00 pm - 1130 pm
Blues Jam
Friday, September 28th
9:30pm - 11:30pm
Luv Stoned
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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's Own Jim DeWitt named America's Cup Artist-in-Residence by the Golden Gate Yacht Club
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has been named the America's Cup artist-in-residence by the Golden Gate Yacht Club, the host club for the 34th America's Cup on San Francisco Bay. The Golden Gate Yacht Club also awarded DeWitt an honorary membership for his artistic contributions to the sailing world.
A reception and showing of Jim's work will be held on Thursday, October 18th from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm at the depicting competitive sailing yachts on San Francisco Bay. The series includes paintings of Oracle AC45s and competitors racing along the bay against the backdrop of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge.
"I don't paint sailboats, I paint the excitement of sailing," says DeWitt, whose passion for painting is reflected in the authority and honesty of his nautical works. A former sailmaker and competitive sailor, Jim understands the mechanics and the thrill of racing; he is uniquely qualified to paint the subject and has gained broad recognition as one of America's premier marine artists with exhibitions in galleries and museums worldwide. Jim's paintings are on permanent display in many yacht clubs, including the St. Francis Yacht Club and Golden Gate Yacht Club in San Francisco. He was named the No. 1 Marine Artist by the America's Cup Gallery in San Diego in the early 1990s.
Before retiring in 1983 to concentrate on painting full-time, Jim owned and operated DeWitt Sails, one of the top racing sail lofts on San Francisco Bay, renowned for custom sails. During his years as a sailmaker, he also gained international recognition as a winning yachtsman and artist. In 1963, he was the first West Coast skipper to capture the coveted Mallory Cup, the emblematic sailing honor awarded to the winner of the US Men's Sailing Championship. In recognition of his achievement, the St. Francis Yacht Club awarded Jim a rare honorary membership. In 1992, he took first place in the International Masters Regatta in San Francisco, sailed in J 24s. And in 2003, coming full circle, he captured the second-place trophy in the Master Mariner's Regatta in San Francisco in a boat designed by his father and patterned after one built in the 1930s in the family's backyard. Jim inherited his father's fascination with boat building, and has designed several boats featuring first-of-their kind sailing innovations.
Jim was born in Oakland, California in 1930. He grew up with the San Francisco Bay as his backyard, and his affinities for art and sailing converged early; as a 5 year-old, he began drawing pictures of the sailboat his father was building and dreamed of someday becoming her skipper. Jim studied art at the California College of the Arts and the Los Angeles Art Center (today the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena).
Jim lives in the bayside hamlet of Point Richmond with his wife Sallie and their dog, Amber. His daughter Pamela DeWitt runs a hometown gallery and custom framing shop where she sells originals and prints of his paintings. He is a grandfather of two and a first-time great grandfather. For more information, please visit .
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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.
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Medical Shuttle Route
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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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