Park Place Barbers owner Sam Charles serves gumbo while veteran sax player Noel Jewkes and his accompanists perform monthly.
Category: Events
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Richmond artist doesn’t talk much but his paintings are speaking to the art world
Marlon Mullen, who is largely nonverbal, has been painting at Richmond’s NIAD studio for almost 40 years. His new solo show at New York’s MoMA is his biggest exhibit to date.
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10 things to know and do in Richmond
Give input on proposed bike lane improvements, celebrate Valentine’s Day with a love-themed concert, vigil for immigrant families.
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Richmond artist ‘Atta’ hopes his new show will inspire others to get creative
Meet your Neighbor: Artist Daniel “Attaboy” Seifert, an East Richmond Heights resident, makes vibrant tropical paradises out of pizza boxes and lightbulbs. He’s showing for the first time in his hometown.
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Eames Archives offering 75 free tour tickets
Community day tour celebrates 1-year since opening of largest archive of Charles and Ray Eames’ collection, with 40,000 artifacts and mid-century furniture designs.
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8 Richmond events for Valentine’s Day and Black History Month
Other things to know and do this week: Carlson Boulevard traffic meeting, sign up for a Richmond half marathon, make murals for tiny houses.
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Richmonder’s film of dancers 30 feet up in redwoods is playing atop SF’s tallest building
Cherie Carson, director of UpSwing Aerial Dance Company in Berkeley, hopes film at Salesforce Tower in San Francisco brings joy and raises environmental awareness.
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‘Immigrants Make America Great’ march set for Sunday in Richmond
Richmond students are planning a peaceful march in solidarity with the city’s undocumented residents, amid rising deportation fears.
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What’s Up: All WCCUSD students can now get two free meals a day
Things to do in Richmond: Biking, birdwatching, civic cultural celebrations and arts events.
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Bay Area musicians to host benefit concert for Richmond drummer who broke his hands
Concert will help Valentino Pellizzer-Salgado, who broke multiple bones in a fall and might no longer be able to play.
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What’s Up: Richmond Art Center reception for 3 new shows
Other things to do in Richmond: Paint your angst away, WCCUSD enrollment is open, rose workshop.
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Richmond’s Rodney Brown: From rapper, author, barber to humanitarian of year
The Soulful Softball founder is honored in spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for all he’s given to the community fpr more than a decade.
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What’s Up: Richmond gets $9M to make streets safer
Other things to know and do in Richmond: Two events honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; health and wellness event for Asian-Pacific Island Americans.
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What’s Up: Win prizes for taking a walk; ride an E-bike for free
Also coming soon: Apply for $650K in Chevron grants, community prayer breakfast, new shows opening at Richmond Art Center.
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Little Hill Lounge, neighborhood watering hole, showcases lesser known musicians
The owners, who ran the now-defunct Kon-Tiki in Oakland, kept the El Cerrito venue’s vintage charm while building a reputation in East Bay underground music scene.
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What’s Up: Winter plant swap, ‘Carbecue’
Other Richmond events: RYSE spring program for youths, National Violence Townhall, COVID business grants.
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What’s Up: Friday is final free ferry ride day
Other Richmond things to do: Bricks for free, bridge toll increasing, bats at the library.
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Local residents craft quilt, cookbook to counter divisiveness
The community project was the brainchild of the Richmond Public Library where the quilt will be on display, and the cookbook can be borrowed.
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Richmond muralist John Wehrle merges city’s past, present on concrete canvases
A retrospective for the prolific artist, 83, is set to open in April at the Richmond Art Center.
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What’s up: It’s going to ‘snow’ in Richmond next week
Other Richmond area things to do: Community cookbook unveiling, winter break day camps for kids, ugly sweater contest.
