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WHAT'S HAPPENING IN RICHMOND!
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It's Cinco de Mayo week! Our Richmond Cinco de Mayo Festival is the largest, family friendly an alcohol free festival in the Bay Area. Hope to see you there!
Want to make a difference in Richmond? Check out our newest Volunteer opportunities in our newsletter.
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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
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Civic Center Motel
425 24th Street 510 235-8300 
Civic Center Motel is located in downtown Richmond directly across from the Richmond Memorial Auditorium and the Civic Center complex. RatesDouble Queen: $59.99/$64.99 weekends
King: $49.99/$54.99 weekends Check-in time: anytime
Check-out time: 11 AM
Amenities
| Free Parking
Air Conditioning
Premium/Cable TV
Smoke-free rooms
| Wheelchair Accessible
Pets welcome
Credit Cards Accepted |
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THURSDAY
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Tapped
A food Justice Film Series Showing
Bridge Art Space
23 Maine Avenue
Thursday, May 2
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$5 suggested per dinner plate
"Everybody drinks water everyday. ... And WATER is the next Empire"
The Food Justice Film Series will bring to Richmond films covering a wide range of topics in Food justice from water to soil, obesity to foodways...
Come out enjoy a garden fresh meal, great conversation in Richmond, every 1st Thursday of the month!
Evening is brought to you by the Richmond Food Policy Council, devoted to creating a healthy, just and equitable food system in Richmond.
Film Synopsis
Tapped looks into the bottled water industry and its long term effects socially, economically and ecologically.[3] The filmmakers focused on industry giants such as PepsiCo and Nestlé Waters, visiting a town that Nestlé contains a factory in as well as running tests on the bottles the company uses for its products. Their results came back showing "several potentially harmful chemicals, some known carcinogens".[4] The documentary also focused on the amount of bottles that are recycled, noting that "Forty percent of bottled water is really just filtered tap water, and every day we throw away 30 million single-served bottles of water.
Film trailer
Click here for more information about this film
* The Food Justice Film Series is generously sponsored by Nutiva!
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FRIDAY
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Grand Opening Celebrations at Point Richmond
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Healthy Village Farm Stand
Richmond Main Street Downtown Community Garden Friday, May 3
 Our fabulous community partners will give demonstrations on important topics that are crucial to improving our knowledge and ability to eat better, exercise more, and reduce our carbon footprint: Free, delicious healthy food samples provided by Liberty Ship Cafe. Information and resources from Lifelong Medical, Weigh of Life, and more Free fruits and vegetables courtesy of RMSI and Urban Tilth Medicinal plants, stress relief sachets, flower salad, and natural salves for sale with CURME Bike parking with Rich City Rides Pony rides, activities for kids, and more!
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This week at The Magick Lantern Theater
Paris - Manhattan
The Magick Lantern Theater
125 Park Place (behind Starbucks)
Friday, May 3, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 4, 5:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 5, 2:00 pm, 5:00 pm. 7:30 pm
$7 General Admission
$5 Under 12
$6 Seniors (over 60)
Sunday 2pm Matinee all seats $5
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SATURDAY
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Healthy Hikes for Adults at Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
Miller/Knox Regional Shoreling
Follow directions below
Saturday, May 4
9:00 am - 11:30 am
Join EBRPD Recreation staff for this new series of fitness hikes focusing on shoreline parks. We will start with a short feature on health benefits and safety tips. You can participate for all or just a portion of the hike, increasing your distance as stamina improves. This is a great way to get back into hiking and meet other like-minded hikers while staying healthy!
DIRECTIONS: From I-580, go south on Canal Blvd. (toward San Francisco Bay) for about 0.8 mile and turn right on Seacliff Drive to drive over the hill and turn right again on Brickyard Cove Road. When Brickyard Cove Road ends, turn right on Dornan Drive and enter first parking lot on left. For information, call 510-544-2553 or email recreation@ebparks.org.
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Healthy Hikes for Kids at Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
Follow directions below
Saturday, May 4
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Join EBRPD Recreation staff for this new series of fitness hikes focusing on shoreline parks. We will start with a short feature on health benefits and safety tips. You can participate for all or just a portion of the hike, increasing your distance as stamina improves. This is a great way to get back into hiking and meet other like-minded hikers while staying healthy!
DIRECTIONS: From I-580, go south on Canal Blvd. (toward San Francisco Bay) for about 0.8 mile and turn right on Seacliff Drive to drive over the hill and turn right again on Brickyard Cove Road. When Brickyard Cove Road ends, turn right on Dornan Drive and enter first parking lot on left. For information, call 510-544-2553 or email recreation@ebparks.org.
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Bay Trail Plant Restoration
Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Park next to the dog park
Saturday, May 4, 10 AM to 2 PM:.
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
RSVP Tom or Jane Kelly (510) 704-8628 (w) or (510) 684-6484 or kyotousa@sbcglobal.net
Join Tom and Jane Kelly to help continue their ongoing native plant restoration project along the Bay Trail between Point Isabel Regional Shoreline and Marina Bay.
Where: Point Isabel next to the dog park - just off I-580 (take Central to the bottom of the I-580 overpass. At the stop sign (Rydin Road) turn right and come down to the end of the street.) Contact info: Tom or Jane Kelly (510) 704-8628 (w) or (510) 684-6484 or kyotousa@sbcglobal.net.
Please do RSVP - it will help them coordinate tools with the East Bay Regional Park District. And remember to wear long pants, bring hats, sun screen, water, and family and friends. They will supply gloves, tools, and refreshments.
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SUNDAY
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"8th Annual Cinco de Mayo Peace and Unity Parade"
The popular family oriented, multi-cultural event of the year will take place on Saturday May 4, 2013, from 10am-12pm. The two-mile parade, sponsored by the Cities of Richmond and San Pablo, celebrating Peace and Unity, will start at 24th Street and Barrett Avenue in Richmond, and continue up 23rd Street, turn right on Market Street to Church Lane and reach its destination at St. Paul's Church Cinco de Mayo Festival in San Pablo.
The participants and spectators from all the over the Bay Area will proudly represent their Mexican heritage along with other cultures and heritages. The Parade will include more than five floats with live traditional Mariachi and Banda music, as well as the blasting sounds from DJ Sonido Eclipse. The parade grows every year, and is expected to have over 1500 participants this year, including many children from local schools, soccer teams, as well as civic groups, other youth groups, and classic and low rider cars. The end of the Parade will feature the popular Dancing Horses, dancing to banda and tamborazo music.
The Grand Marshalls this year will be Joe Gomes, former 30 year San Pablo City Council member, and Betty Reid-Soskin, former Rosie-the Riveter worker during the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond and currently a representative of the National Park Service. The Cinco de Mayo Parade, with the theme " Peace and Unity, Paz y Unidad" was organized after the Cities of Richmond and San Pablo had experienced street violence while celebrating Cinco de Mayo for a number of years. As a result, support from both Cities, and the Latino community, the violence stopped and the celebrations have been taking place free of violence since that time.
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7th Annual Cinco de Mayo Festival
23rd Street
Sunday, May 5
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
FREE
Join thousands of Bay Area folks as they celebrate Cinco de Mayo the Richmond way! The largest no-alcohol Cinco de Mayo Festival around, we're family friendly.
Games, art projects, caballeros, food and many booths.
Be sure and stop by the Richmond Convention & Visitors Bureau booth for a beautiful Richmond Bag!
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Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center
Open Daily
RORI Visitor Center
1414 Harbour Way South
FREE
Daily Program
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
On Tuesdays and Saturdays, Ranger Betty Soskin discusses her experience as a young African American woman during WWII. On Thursdays, docent Flora Ninomiya shows "Blosssoms and Thorns", and shares her childhood experiences of a WWII internment camp. Sundays, the program, "Women, Get a War Job!". explores the media campaign that called women to "do their part" for the war effort.
Rosie the Riveter Memorial
Wednesday, May 1
11:30 am
Meet a ranger at the Rosie the Riveter Memorial in Marina Bay Park for a 45 minute program exploring civilian contributions to the WWII American Home Front.
Rationing for the Home Cook
Friday, May 3
2:00 pm
During WWII, Americans were asked to sacrifice in support of the troops, and this was evident daily at the dinner table. Come to the Visitor Center and learn about rationing and share a treat - invented by wartime cooks - with our very own "Rosies".
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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. ****************************************************************** 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. ****************************************************************** Cinco de Mayo at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach Playland Not-at-the-Beach
10979 San Pablo Avenue Saturday, May 4
Sunday, May 5
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Adults $15
Children/Seniors $10
Cinco de Mayo is cause for celebration, so come get your fiesta on with Playland, the East Bay's Official Birthday Party Venue! Kids can take home their own Cinco coloring page
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. ****************************************************************** The Baltic135 Park Place Music Nights Tuesday, April 30 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm Jam Session Thursday, May 2 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Karaoke with Ms. PJ Friday, May 3 9:30 pm - 11:50 pm The Reed Fromer Band The Reed Fromer Band is one of the Bay Area's most dynamic and enjoyable R&B bands, featuring top-level musicians and powerful vocals. The group's repertoire consists of exciting, danceable R&B/funk material and beautiful, moving rock and soul ballads. Saturday, May 4
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Michael Van & the Movers ~ Acoustic Patio Session 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm Reggae Night with DJ Nattydred and Broken Silence Sound |
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The Richmond Art Center Spring Exhibitions
Richmond Art Center
2450 Barrett Avenue
March 23 - June 1st
Innovations in Contemporary Crafts
A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts in California
Main Gallery & West Gallery
Innovations in Contemporary Crafts explores innovations in the traditional craft mediums of ceramics, wood, glass, metal, fiber, enamel, paper and jewelry. We survey artists who are forward thinking in their approach to materials and application.
Excavating Layers
South Gallery
This exhibition of mixed-media artwork illustrates how artists excavate new and historic images and materials to reveal particular tensions between figuration and abstraction and create new layers of visual and conceptual meanings. These layers signify the multiple systems that one experiences every day - home, community, society, nature, history, the world at large and one's place within order and chaos. Artists included are Tony Berlant, Shenny Phillips Cruces, Brian Dittmer, Monika Lin, Brian Rutenberg, Robert Sagerman and Dana Hart Stone.
The 48th Annual WCCUSD Student Art Show
Community Gallery
Now in its 48th year at the Richmond Art Center, the Annual West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) Student Art Show is a collaborative project between WCCUSD and the Richmond Art Center. Artwork by secondary school students fills the walls with diverse visions and individual creative voices.
Steve Mainini: Working in the WCCUSD, A Retrospective
South Gallery
This retrospective offers an in-depth look at the works that artist and art teacher Steve Mainini has created while teaching art at John F. Kennedy High School over the last 8 years. During this period Mainini has experimented with different processes, mediums and themes in his work.
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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Richmond Museum of History
Happy spring! The museum is currently undergoing many exciting changes, but because of the temporary staff shortage we need your help more than ever to accomplish our goals.
Our most critical need right now is volunteers to staff the museum during the times when it is open to the public, which is Wednesday through Sunday 1-4pm.
The need for volunteer staff is particularly critical for the days of April 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 during 1-4pm, while the paid staff attends the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. We hope to have at least three volunteers to help open and close the museum, collect admission money, and staff the gift shop during this time. A sign up sheet for the days is available in the volunteer break room, so please sign up to help during your next visit to the museum.
The Museum is also in need of individuals to be trained as docents/gallery guides/visitor services representatives. There has been an increase in requests for tours, which is a very positive change for the museum, but we need knowledgeable volunteers to depend on to provide tours.
Please do not hesitate to contact me at 510-235-7387 if you have questions or are interested in helping out. Feel free to share this note widely.
Many thanks for supporting your community museum,
Melinda McCrary
Curator/Museum Manager
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The Ultimate Mom's Nite Out
The MonTaraBay Community Center
2250 Tara Hills Drive
Saturday, May 9
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
We are excited to be joining "National Moms Nite Out" in this celebration of motherhood by hosting a community event for moms in the West Contra Costa County Area and beyond!
Our evening for mothers will focus on renewal. This renewal will enable mothers to return to their families, refreshed and recharged with the ability to re-devote themselves to selfless acts in support of their families. The evening will be packed full of fun classes like Zumba (thank you Hilltop YMCA!!!), a Mommy Marketplace, beauty/make-up demonstrations with Special Guest & Celebrity Make-Up Artist Tracey Brown of Brown Beauty Consulting/Blinging Beauty, spa treat vendors, wine tasting, appetizers/desserts, raffle and of course relaxation and 'girlfriend' bonding.
This event is FREE and Swag Bags included (while supplies last)!
Get YOUR Celebration of "Mothers Day" kicked off Early!
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Win Win, A NIAD Art Center Fundraiser
Clif Bar & Company
1451 66 Street
Emeryville, California
Saturday, May 11
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
At NIAD Art Center's spring fundraiser, no one is ever a loser. For Win Win, we've commissioned artists (over 125 national and local artists, including all of the artists at NIAD's studio art program) to produce work (paintings, photographs, sculptures and drawings) in a standard 6 x 6" format. And everyone with an admission ticket takes home a randomly chosen piece of art. Oh yeah, Win Win also features live music, light refreshments and a photo booth where the proud new owner and their work of art can be captured together. Hands down, we all agree this is a winning opportunity from a fantastic studio arts program. So get your tickets today!
http://niadart.org/win-win/
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Lost Secrets of the Iron Triangle
You've read the book, now see the play!
East Bay Center for Performing Arts
339 11th St
$10 Adults
$5 Students/Seniors
May 17, 18, 24, & 25 7:00pm performances
May 19 & 26 3:00 pm matinees
Purchase tickets here
Learn More here!
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Playland Magic Camp
Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is excited to bring back our Magic Camp with Instructor Mike Della Penna for a fourth straight year. This summer, Mike will be teaching three week-long sessions for campers age 8-98! Master magician Mike Della Penna, aided by several special guests, leads students of any level, age or ability through five days of learning and laughter. Every Magic Camper will receive a magic book and all the materials necessary for the course. The workshop will help you learn to perform new magical effects, improve your performing skills and make friends as interested in magic as you are! Sign up quickly as this will fill up fast!
Session 1: June 24-28, 2013
Session 2: July 15-19, 2013
Session 3: August 5-9, 2013
Times: 9:00am-1:00pm
Cost: $250 per session (Aftercare until 5:00pm is also available for an additional charge.)
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