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Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center
Open Daily
RORI Visitor Center
1414 Harbour Way South
FREE
Thursdays: Japanese American WWII Experience Presentation
Tuesdays/Saturdays: Ranger Betty Soskin
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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Exhibits at NIAD
NIAD Art Center
551 23rd Street
January 11th - February 25
In The Main Gallery
You Are Here -
Selected from the archives by independent curator Robert Wuilfe, the exhibition You Are Here brings together work by the artists of NIAD for a meditation on "place" and the ways in which we mentally map the universe around us. As we move through the world, our minds piece together idiosyncratic visions of the sites and spaces we encounter, each informing the next and combining to form a language we use to understand and communicate. As the artists in You Are Here demonstrate, the translation of this language from internal perception into visual representation is a process that presents the viewer with both answers and questions. From the quiet to the boisterous, from the representational to the abstracted, the artworks in the exhibition invite viewers to decipher often-complex and personal visual codes. They remind us of both the inherent difficulty of communication and the rewards of trying. In doing so, they open up a surprising and insightful window upon the world around us. Robert Wuilfe is an independent curator based in Richmond. We are honored to work with Wuilfe. You Are Here is the first exhibition he has organized at NIAD.
In The Annex Cache
For his new collages, New York artist Ken Weathersby has taken to cannibalizing his bookshelf. Using entire pages from an art book, mostly images of Greek sculpture, or other figurative images, Weathersby buries each under one of his signature wooden grids. The pieces become elegant and complex explorations of the picture plane. We're proud to show the latest from this fantastic New York-based artist. Ken Weathersby's works were seen in 2012 solo shows Strange Fit at Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn, and The Other Ken Weathersby at Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ.
In The Storefront
Real And Imagined Landscape
As a special extension of the exhibition You Are Here, NIAD will be offering Real And Imagined Landscape. NIAD artist Lois Ann Barnett's pieces -- acrylic images of places based on her memory or magazine photos -- will be hung in a reading room setting. And the storefront will be stocked with a selection of free books. Visitors can sit down and crack open a great novel or take one home (compliments of NIAD) to read over the long winter nights.
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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. ****************************************************************** Winter Exhibits at the RAC Artists' Reception Saturday, February 9th 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Richmond Art Center 2540 Barrett Avenue January 12th - March 8th Main Gallery The Art of Living Black - 17th Annual Bay Area Black Artists Exhibition The Richmond Art Center is proud to present The Art of Living Black, 17th 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 as well as highlighting the 2012 Jan Hart Schuyers Awards winners Latisha Baker, Stephen Bruce and Dana King.
South & West Gallery
Cuba: Portrait of a Revolution - A solo exhibition of Cuban Artist, Antonio Canet Hernández
This exhibition features the complete set of 95 block prints created by the late Cuban artist, Antonio Canet Hernández (1942-2008), who was considered a living treasure of Cuba. The City of Richmond's Regla, Cuba Sister City Committee was gifted this collection of prints by the artist to hold in trust for, and to show to, the people of the United States. The prints tell the history of the Cuban Revolution. This is the first time the series is being exhibited in its entirety in the U.S.
Special Canet Reception: Sat, Jan 12, 2 - 4pm
Live music by Tito Gonzalez Y Su Trio & dance performance by Las Puras Dance Company
Community Gallery Hilda Robinson: Didn't We Have Fun! A solo exhibition of artist, Hilda Robinson, on the occasion of the publication of her children's book featuring her paintings that celebrate the joys and memories of growing up in a closely-knit neighborhood in Philadelphia. Didn't We Have Fun! is a vibrant, colorful look at African-American family life and culture, seen through the eyes of this celebrated artist. ****************************************************************** 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. ****************************************************************** The Baltic The Baltic 135 Park Place
More information here Friday, February 8 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic Saturday, February 9 8:30 pm - 11:30 pm Shake / Silver Moon Band Fabulous Variety Dance Band From Sinatra and Swing to Soul & Disco
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10979 San Pablo Avenue Saturday, February 8
Sunday, February 9
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Adults $15
Children/Seniors $10 
Are you a rabbit, an ox or a dragon? (If you are a snake, well, this is your year!) Find out with Playland's "Animals of the Lunar Zodiac" personality quiz. Kids will have a chance to decorate their own lion dance masks. Gung Hay Fat Choy!
More information about Playland here ****************************************************************** SS Red Oak Victory Ship Museum SS Red Oak Victory Ship 1337 Canal Boulevard 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday $5 SS Red Oak Victory is open for docent tours on Tues, Thurs, Sat, and Sun from 10am-3pm. Last tour begins promptly at 2pm. Boarding fee is $5 for everyone. The ship is berthed at 1337 Canal Blvd and the ship phone is 510-237-2933. ****************************************************************** Expecting Isabel at the Masquers Masquers Playhouse 105 Park Place BY LISA LOOMER DIRECTED BY MICHAEL SALLY ALL SEATS $22 Purchase tickets here This savvy comedy tells of a young couple's difficulties in conceiving, and their funny and heart-breaking adventures - and the broadly comic characters they encounter along the way - in the fertility trade, the adoption industry, and in their own outrageous families. | 
