Highlights include: The Richmond Art Center’s 90th birthday celebration and the Spirit and Soul Festival.
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Richmond Art Center, born of one woman’s creative vision in dark times, celebrates its 90th
This week the art center, which has hired a new director, kicks off a series of celebrations and exhibitions honoring its past.
7 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: An Awesome Orchestra Collective performance; 65 years of city sisterhood with Shimada, Japan; and Bayview library turns 50.
10 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: A Plunge centennial party in Point Richmond; Open Studios continues; Soulful Softball Sunday at Nicholl Park.
8 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: Richmond Open Studios; a Western swing pancake breakfast aboard the SS Red Oak Victory and family movie night at Marina Bay Park.
Former astronaut José Hernández sees his hometown in Richmond. So he’s paying a visit
Hernández, a motivational speaker with a four-year waiting list, made an exception for Richmond SOL and will be the keynote speaker for the group’s first community awards night.
9 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: National Night Out, an art festival in East Richmond and free school supplies.
7 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: Los Cenzontles hosts a night of music and tacos, Cuban rhythms fill the Richmond Art Center corridor; and a tool library celebrates 10 years.
6 things to do in Richmond this week
Also: Theater group brings “A Chorus Line” to El Cerrito High; unique wooden art show at NIAD; and an open mic night downtown.
5 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: North Richmond celebrates the grand reopening of Shields-Reid Park; Little Shop of Horrors opens at Masquers Playhouse; Point Richmond Music Festival returns.
North Richmond blues festival returns for 15th year at renovated park
The free July 11 festival at Shields-Reid Park doubles as a tribute to the neighborhood’s blues legacy and the debut of a $7 million park makeover.
Give your soul a sonic submersion with a sound bath
Central Stage launches monthly sessions where melodies made from quartz bowls promise to lull listeners into a deep meditative state.
4 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: Two ways to celebrate Independence Day in west Contra Costa County; a new waterfront-inspired art exhibit at ar-ti-fact; and the return of Music on the Main in downtown Richmond.
7 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: A photographer discusses his 50-year career; teens build pop-up books at the Richmond library; The RYSE Center opens free summer programs.
8 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: Richmond honors Juneteenth with a parade and Nicholl Park festival, dads celebrate Father’s Day two ways and local artists debut at the Richmond Art Center.
7 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: join an international hunt for hidden mushroom art; buy original artwork at affordable prices at NIAD’s solstice sale; catch a free waterfront concert by the Awesome Orchestra Collective.
Point Richmond Music’s silver summer of concerts offers golden lineup
The popular outdoor concert series turns 25 with a lineup drawn from the Bay Area’s deep well of original talent — including Los Cenzontles, Miko Marks, and Those Darn Accordions — and all of it is free.
7 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: a Pride parade from Nicholl Park to the Civic Center, an art exhibit inspired by a 12th century Persian poem and a groundbreaking for Richmond’s first garden designed for everyone.
A guide to Richmond summer events —concerts, festivals, camps and art shows
There are well over a dozen events happening this summer, including Point Richmond’s summer concert series, outdoor family movies, a Pride parade and Juneteenth.
4 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: Sign up for summer adult basketball league; live music at Multicultural Bookstore; tie-dye, pizza and kids’ story time.

