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WHAT'S HAPPENING IN RICHMOND!
Week of December 19, 2012
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Our office would like to wish each and every one of you a wonderful Holiday Season.  Celebrate your traditions, hold your family close and don't forget those who have less than you.

We will be closed December 24th - January 2nd, with limited access to email.  We appreciate your understanding.

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.

Don't hesitate to call us for more information at 510-237-1403.

 

We are happy to help!

 

Michelle Itagaki
Richmond Convention & Visitors Bureau
201 W Richmond Avenue
Richmond, California 94801
510-237-1403
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Spotlight on Lodging
Hotel Mac
Hotel Mac

10 Cottage Avenue

(510) 235-0010  

 

The Hotel Mac, built in 1911, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This three-story, red brick building is located in the heart of Point Richmond, California, a quaint, village-style community.

 

The Hotel Mac offers deluxe suites and exquisite rooms providing extraordinary comfort, elegance and warmth for Point Richmond visitors and business people. Our amenities include luxurious robes, queen size beds, refrigerator, cable TV and a safe for your valuables. The restaurant and bar are popular gathering spots for area residents and government and civic groups.


Thursday
THURSDAY
 

Point Richmond December ArtWalk

 

Point Richmond

Thursday, December 20

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

 


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Last Big ArtWalk for Point Richmond Collective

 

Point Richmond Collective

121 Park Place

Thursday, December 20

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

 

Join us for a glass of wine and refreshments & meet all the artists in Point Richmond's Art Collective. Discover unique gifts that will please and inspire your friends and family.

 

This will be the Point Richmond Art Collective's final artist reception. We very much appreciate the support of so many of you, and we want to say, "Thank you." As they say, "One door closes, another one opens."  Come help us celebrate what we have accomplished as a group, and our prospects in the future.


Friday
FRIDAY
 

Meet San Francisco 49ers Legend and 4-Time Super Bowl Champion JESSE SAPOLU!

 

Hilltop Mall

2200 Hilltop Mall Road

Friday, December 21 - Sunday, December 23

 

Jesse will be signing autographs from 1:00pm - 5:00 pm!


 

Blessings for the New Millineum

 

The NeXus

1414 Harbour Way South #1010

Friday, December 21

Doors open at 6:30 pm
Program begins at 7:00 pm
Tickets: $15 in advance / $20 at door

Purchase tickets here

 

Help us to call in, bring in, bless in, drum in, sing in, chant in, dance in & ring in... till we are all in...the New Millennium! Join us for a multi-cultural, delectable evening's program with sacred ceremony, Taiko drumming, ecstatic Kirtan singing & Tabla drumming & dancing ending with the Tibetan Bowls. All will be interspersed with recorded & live feed from inspirational speakers & amazing events from around the globe honoring this auspicious time. It is going to be a SPECTACULAR evening of community, entertainment, beautiful Buddhas & uplifting content.


We would love to share it with you!

 

1st Annual Urban Tilth Solstice Holiday Party


Bridge Self Storage

23 Maine Avenue

Friday, December 21

4:00 pm - late

 

 

Share the longest night of the year with us ♥

Join the whole Urban Tilth crew for our 1st Annual Solstice Holiday Party.

Help give thanks to everyone for who has worked so hard to sustain 7 years of Growing Our Own in Richmond!

4pm - 6pm Family Friendly Celebrations
- Potluck
- Hot Tea & Juice Bar
- Slideshow
- Seed and Seedling Give Away
- Raffle (including "Cooking is a Revolutionary Act" aprons)

6pm - 8pm 1st ANNUAL RICH CITY RIDES - SOLSTICE RIDE
*Bring your bike and your lights:D!!!

8pm - LATE Mature Celebrations
- DJ
- Fire Spinning
- Bonfire
- DANCING


Saturday
SATURDAY
 

Blood Centers of the Pacific Blood Drive

 

Hilltop Mall

2200 Hilltop Mall Road

Saturday, December 22

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

 

This year give the gift of life!

 
Saturdayyy
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29th
 

Holiday Bike Safety Extravaganza

 

 

Richmond SPOKES

339 11th Street

Saturday, December 29

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

 

SPOKES is Hosting a Post Xmas Community Bike Safety Extravaganza. We pledge to give evey child in Richmond with a Christas bike and opportunity to have a safe long lasting well tuned bike and receive a free helemet.

 

This event is Partially Sponsored by:

 

* Richmond SPOKES

* Cliff Bar Family Foundation

* The Community Bike Collective

* The Family Bike Collective

 
Ongoing
ONGOING EVENTS
  

Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center 

 

Open Daily

RORI Visitor Center

1414 Harbour Way South

FREE

   

Meet a ranger or volunteer for a 45 minute program (topics vary) at the Visitor Center at 2:00pm every day. Come early to see the exhibits in the Visitor Center. Ranger Betty Soskin speaks on Tuesdays and Saturdays.       

 

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NIAD For the Holidays!

 

NIAD Art Center

551 23rd Street

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Through December 21st

 

In The Main Gallery
(Affordable) Art From The Heart - features new or recent work from all of our artists (NIAD currently has more than 64 working artists).  But with this year's show there is a twist; everything is on paper and fits your budget. Most pieces are priced between $15 and $150. There are plenty of drawings and paintings that make great and unique gifts (and, of course, half of your purchase goes directly to the artists, so it's a win-win.) We are always trying to make your art experience at NIAD easy, so new this year, when you pay for the work, we will gift-wrap it and you can take it with you
 
In The Annex
Once Again: Marlon Mullen At White Columns - Last spring, Mullen had his first solo exhibition in New York at the Big Apple's premier alternative art space, White Columns. Here we show selected highlights from the exhibition.

In The Storefront
And, oh yeah, we've turned the store front into a Holiday Lounge... complete with Christmas trees bedecked in jewelry and ornaments, cozy quilts, functional crafts, dolls, superhero nutcrackers and more. Of course we know the holidays are exhausting so we've got comfy couches and chairs to hang out in and on, a record player with holiday vinyl to spin and, yup, some hot cocoa with tiny marshmallows.     

  
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Richmond Certified Farmers Market at Civic Center  

 

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, 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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Want to Play Chess?   

 

Catahoula Coffee Company
12472 San Pablo Avenue
Thursdays, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Look for a casual game of chess, tried of playing online or against the computer.  Well, the West Coast Chess Alliance and Catahoula Coffee Shop has solved your problem.  Join us for, "Thursday Event Chess" at Catahoula Coffee Company from 5:30 to 8:00 pm, for chess and coffee, please bring your own board and clock.  Best coffee in the East Bay, and now a place to get your game on.  The next move is yours.

 

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Bingo!

 

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 from all over the bay area.

  

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Golden State Model Railroad Museum

 

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.

 

More information here

  

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The Baltic

 

The Baltic

135 Park Place
 More information here 
 

 

  

Thursday, December 20  

8:00 - 11:00 pm

Jazz Jam

Kit Earkle Trio hosting

   

Friday, December 21    

10:30pm - 11:30pm

Luv Stoned 

  

      

 

Thursday, December 27

8:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Blues Jam

 

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FREE Zumba in Downtown!

 

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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Playland-Not-at-the-Beach
Wacky Winter Wonderland (closed Christmas Day)

   

Playland Not-at-the-Beach
10979 San Pablo Avenue

December 22nd - January 1st
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Adults $15
Children/Seniors $10
 

 

Playland is open every weekend and most holidays, but for this last week of the year, we're going to let visitors in Monday through Friday. Join us for special activities and family fun for an entire week, so come see us more than once if you can. A great way to pack a bit more fun into the year before it is over.  Whether you are 5 or 65, you deserve to have a bit more fun!         

 

Playland After Dark presents Grown-up Game Night   

 

Adult Admission Only $10

Thursday, December 27th  

6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The Museum of Fun reserves two nights a month for Playland After Dark, when kids have to stay home and let the grown-ups enjoy all the board games, carnival and arcade games and FREE PLAY pinball they want.  Bring your own food and drink to complete the experience. Bring your friends. Don't like your friends? Leave them home and come make some new ones. These evenings are for those who are 18 and older.

A New Year's Eve Party at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach for the Whole Family

 Monday, December 31st
8:00 pm - 12:30 am
$25 General Admission
$20 Children

Playland throws a New Year's celebration the entire family can enjoy, with "quiet rooms" for sleepy young partiers and a countdown for each American time zone. Join us for this unique chance for all generations to ring in 2013 together. Join us for our second year of this Playland New Year's eve tradition.

 

Guests pay one low price to enter and can play all night

 

More information about Playland here

 

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SS Red Oak Victory Ship Museum

 

SS Red Oak Victory Ship

1337 Canal Boulevard

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

$5

 

SS Red Oak Victory is open for docent tours on Tues, Thurs, Sat, and Sun from 10am-4pm. Last tour begins promptly at 3pm. Boarding fee is $5 for everyone. The ship is berthed at 1337 Canal Blvd and the ship phone is 510-237-2933.  

 

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Little Women at the Masquers

 

Masquers Playhouse

105 Park Place

Through December 8th 

All seats $20

Purchase tickets here   

 

Adapted from the Novel by Louisa May Alcott
Directed by Jan Brown, Musical Direction by Patricia King

 

"Little Women", the heart-warming Louisa May Alcott evergreen, has become a musical! Once again the much-loved stories of the four sisters, Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth-and some of the melodramatic tales Jo writes in her attic studio-are brought to life, this time with song.

 

 

 

 Planning
PLANNING AHEAD
 

Little League Baseball Sign-ups

 

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