October 3rd - Richmond's
3rd Annual
Home Front Festival By the Bay!
Dear Friends,
Please join in Richmond's 3rd Annual Home Front Festival. There is much truth to be told and much remembering to be done about how the World War II years impacted our City of Richmond. I will be delivering a welcome to all at the festival on Saturday at 11 a.m. Details are below.
October 3
Home Front Festival by the Bay (Craneway Pavilion and Lucretia Edwards
Park)
Visit www.homefrontfestival.com
for complete schedule & directions
Free general admission
Free shuttle between the Ford Building Craneway Pavilion and Shipyard
No. 3
USO Dance, 7 pm - 10 pm, Friday, Oct. 2, at the Craneway Pavilion
HIGHLIGHTS
Ford Building
Craneway Pavilion - 11 am - 6 pm
Food and music all day
Victory & Community Garden exhibits & Home Front museum exhibits
Rosie's Corner
Victory garden scavenger hunt & prizes
Presentation of Home Front award
Ranger Tours on the Bay Trail
Ford Point dock
- 12 pm, 2 pm, 4 pm
--Shipyard tour aboard the SS Northland with an NPS ranger
Shipyard No.
3 & SS Red Oak Victory - 11 am - evening
NPS ranger tour of shipyard
Docent-led tours of the ship
Music and dancing
WWII Home Front talks
Casablanca & short films about the WWII Home Front
Evening cabaret show
Lucretia Edwards
Park - 11 am - 6 pm
Music and food all day
Children's Adventure Zone
NPS kids' activities & prizes
Harbour Master's
dock in Marina Bay -
USS Potomac
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Mayor McLaughlin
4th
Annual North Richmond Shoreline
Festival, September 26, 2009
Dear Friends,
This coming Saturday, September
26, 2009, you have the opportunity to join in a great celebration of one
of Richmond's greatest treasures -- our incredible north shoreline.
Thank you to all those involved with organizing this year's festival.
See announcement below in English and Spanish. I'll see you there!
Sincerely, Mayor McLaughlin
Celebrate and Discover the North Richmond Shoreline!
Join us for the 4th Annual North Richmond Shoreline Festival
Saturday, September
26, 2009
11:00 am - 5:00pm
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Park
5551 Giant Highway, Richmond, CA
Bring the whole family and make a day of it!
Free Event & BBQ – 75th Anniversary Celebration of East Bay Regional Parks District - Tribute to Ethel Dotson - Live Music – Scavenger Hunt – Games - Children’s Activity Area – Hiking - Birding - Marsh Walks - Ethnic Dance - Speakers - Youth Stage – DJs - Spoken Word - Dance Contest Bike trip to and from the Festival -– Great Prizes!
Free shuttle service to and from festival from locations throughout Richmond and San Pablo. Please see festival website for maps and shuttle schedule www.northrichmondshoreline.org/festival.htm
The North Richmond Shoreline Festival is sponsored by of the North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Alliance (NRSOSA).
Special thanks to our contributing partners for their direct and in-kind donations: East Bay Regional Parks District, the City of Richmond, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Kaiser Foundation, East Bay Regional Parks Foundation, Eats Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Tree Wolfe, the Sierra Club, Citizens for East Shore Park, San Francisco Estuary Partnership, Richmond SPOKES, Urban Music Group, West County Toxics Coalition, and the Watershed Project.
For more festival information or to get involved contact: Doria Robinson, richmondshorelinefestival@gmail.com , 510-778-5886, or go to
www.northrichmondshoreline.org
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¡Celebra y Descubre North Richmond Shoreline!
Festival de North Richmond Shoreline
El Sabado, 26
Septiembre, 2009,
11 a.m. a 5 p.m.
Point Pinole Park
Barbacoa Gratuito – Aniversario 75ta de East Bay Regional Parks
District
Homenaje a Ethel Dotson – Observación de Aves – Búsqueda
del Tesoro
Música en Vivo – Caminatas en el Pantano y Excursionismo
– área de Actividades para los Niños – Escenario
para los Jovenes – DJs – Poesía Dicha
Anda en Bicicleta al Llegar y Salir del Festival – Premios Tremendos!
¡Lleva La Familia Entera y Pasa El Día Entero!
Point Pinole
Park
5551 Giant Highway
Richmond, CA 94806
Para mas información, póngase en contacto
con Doria en 510-778-5886 o richmondshorelinefestival@gmail.com
Se encuentra mapas, paradas de servicio gratuito de autobus de enlace,
y información de estacionamiento de bicicletas en
www.northrichmondshoreline.org
Richmond Civic Center Grand Reopening!
Dear Friends,
Well, September 12th is soon upon us. This will be a great day for Richmond. It is a day of celebration of our newly renovated Civic Center. Now is the time for everyone to "show up" at Civic Center Plaza and own this great public space - belonging to the wonderful people of Richmond. With this Grand Reopening, we are renewing our commitment to one another. We exemplify great diversity in Richmond, but we are also ONE community with the courage and energy to build on our collective strengths and talents!
RICHMOND MEMORIAL CIVIC CENTER GRAND REOPENING
Welcome Back to the Heart of
Richmond
All-Day Community Celebration - Free!
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 11 AM - 5 PM
450 Civic Center Plaza (Barrett
Avenue and 27th Street)
Richmond, CA 94804
Music & Dance Performances, Dedication Program, Children & Family Activities, Public Art Tours, Richmond Films, Historical Fashion Show, Dance Competition, Food and Much More
And here are some other great events coming up as well . . . .
Free Live Comedy - Tuesday, September 8
"TAKE THIS RECESSION, PLEASE!"
LIVE COMEDY with DARRYL LITTLETON, Author of "Black Comedians on Black Comedy"
9:30 a.m. LEAP 440 Civic Center
Plaza
6:30 p.m. Richmond Public Library 325 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond (510) 620-6561 FREE!
Free Labor Day weekend performances, September 5, 6, and 7
SHOTGUN PLAYERS PRESENT: THIS WORLD IN A WOMAN'S HANDS By Marcus Gardley
Music & Vocal Arrangements
by Molly Holm
Created under the direction of Aaron Davidman
Live Performance by bassist Marcus Shelby
Richmond -- From every corner of the country the women came. They hung up their house dresses and buttoned their coveralls. Welding masks covered their faces. For the first time women of all races were emerging in the American mainstream as a vital workforce. But it wasn't easy, especially for an African-American woman making her way. The whole story began right here in Richmond , California at the Henry Kaiser Shipyards. Shotgun Players are proud to present an entirely new take on the epic story of the WWII Victory warships and the women who put everything on the line to build them. Shotgun Players will present FREE performances of This World in a Woman's Hands at the Nevin Community Center, 598 Nevin Ave, September 5, 6 & 7 at 3 pm.
Monthly Meet with the Mayor session, Friday, September 4
Please be sure to drop by my monthly Meet with the Mayor session this coming Friday, September 4th, from 5:30 to 6:30m in the Whittlesey Community Room next to the main Richmond public library (325 Civic Center Plaza). Come share your views for building a better, a healthier, and a more sustainable Richmond! Light refreshments will be available.
AND...be sure to save these dates below (I'll be sending more
details on these later this month):
September 26 - North Richmond
Shoreline Festival
October 3 - Homefront Festival
October 17 - Youth Summit
As evidenced by these many activities, we are busy in Richmond energizing and unifying as a community. These are difficult times we live in, but in Richmond we know that challenges can and must be transformed into opportunities. Please join in some or all of the activities above to celebrate our collective journey into better times!
Sincerely,
Mayor McLaughlin
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