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.

Rationing for the Home Cook

Friday, May 31

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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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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Downtown Richmond

310 9th Street @ Macdonald Avenue

Thursdays

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

7:15 pm - 8:15 pm 

FREE

All classes last one hour. Make sure to wear comfy, loose clothing and athletic/supportive shoes. Healthy snacks and water is provided.  

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

10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Adults $15
Children/Seniors $10  

Thursday, May 30:

Playland After Dark presents Grown-up Game Night (Adult Admission Only $10)

An East Bay date night for the grown-ups like no other. Playland After Dark presents all the fun usually available at Playland-pinball, arcade games, unique and odd exhibits-plus board games galore, and minus the kids. Join us for our game night the second Tuesday of every month as well.

 

Saturday & Sunday, June 1 & 2:

Relay Luminaria Workshop at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach
 Honor cancer survivors and those we have lost while donating to the American Cancer Society. Luminarias are an important visual element of the evening ceremonies at the Relay For Life of El Cerrito in July. There will be a luminiaria work station at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach through July 14th. Come and create a luminaria or have one of our volunteers create one for you or a loved one

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, 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. 

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Golden State Model Railroad Museum

Golden State Model Railroad Museum

900 Dornan Drive

Sundays, Noon - 5:00 pm, trains running, Admission Charged

$4 for Adults and Children age 12+

$2 for Senior Citizens (63+) and Children age 4 - 11

Free for children under 4

Wednesdays, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, layout views only, free admission

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.

We have clean restrooms with handicap-access, a small picnic area and gift shop with modestly-priced railroad-related items for sale. Looking for a souvenir? Our N-scale 70th Anniversary boxcar can be ordered through the mail. So can our Museum logo Lapel Pin. Our gift shop accepts personal checks and Visa/Master Card credit cards. Cash is good too!

135 Park Place

Music Nights

Tuesday, May 28  

9:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Jazz Jam Session

Thursday, May 30 

8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Karaoke with Ms. PJ

Friday, May 3  

9:30 pm - 11:30 pm

Dave Matthews Blues Band

Saturday, June 1
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

Three New Exhibits at NIAD

NIAD

551 23rd Street

Gallery Hours Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Main Gallery: Mud, Honey

NIAD has been working in ceramics for decades. It would not be an exaggeration to say we've turned out thousands of clay objects. And, under the direction of contemporary ceramicists Jennifer Brazelton and Maria Hartikainen, we're still making really amazing works. Mud, Honey is a sweeping look at our vast and popular ceramics project: sculptures, vessels, figures, and functional wares. Included in the hundreds of pieces on view will be work from Sylvia Fragoso, Saul Alegria, Jon Fukui, Barbara Arbogast, Shantae Robinson, Karen May, Adonia Douglas, Raven Harper, Peter Harris, Luis Estrada, Aisha Ivery, Vincent Villenueva and more.

Annex Space: School Papers: Drawings From Douglas Witmer

Since 2006, Pennsylvania artist Douglas Witmer has been creating a series abstract works on vintage school grade papers given to the artist by his now-deceased father. Influenced by the Tantric drawings of India, these tablet-sized pieces are equal parts geometry, abstraction and nostalgia. Selected from more than 100 works, NIAD will be showing eight of the School Papers.

Storefront: Diamond Dog's Pet Supply

Our latest pop-up shop has everything for all of your creatures, great and small. Diamond Dog Pet Supply features dog and cat beds, sculptural pet toys, plush stuffed animals (real and imaginary), dinnerware for the domesticates, dog saddle bags and a whole lot more. Featuring work from Dorrie Reid, Alice Sampson, Dorothy Porter, Julio Del Rio, Jonathan Velasquez, Heather Hamann and others.

Backroom: Championship Vinyl

A few of our artists have been putting the needle to the groove... okay, maybe more like the brush to the record. Our gallery director digs through the nearby recycling center and brings in crates of discarded LPs. Our artists find the ones that speak to them and beginning painting on the vinyl. The results are so spectacular, that we've created a special record shop and named it after the John Cusack's store in High Fidelity.

The Richmond Art Center Spring Exhibitions 

Richmond Art Center

2450 Barrett Avenue

March 23 - June 1^st

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.