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Spirit & Soul Revs Up Richmond’s Main Street! Dance to ‘Prince’ With 1st Avenue Revue Tribute Band!

WHEN: Saturday, September 16, 1-5pm

WHERE: MacDonald Ave @ Harbour Way (13th St) in Downtown Richmond

WHAT: Richmond’s Main Street Initiative presents their 9th annual Spirit & Soul Festival!

  • Phenomenal entertainment on two stages1
    • Longtime friend and community advocate, Gerry Dove (102.9 KBLX, Promotions Director), will serve as the MC for the Main Stage, whose line-up includes electric performances by 1st Avenue Revue, the Bay Area’s #1 Prince tribute band; sassy Jazz, Blues, and Soul by Richmond’s own Rhonda Benin; and classic American Rock & Roll by PUSH featuring Dan Ashley.
    • The 12th Street Stage, presented by the RYSE Center will feature performances by local singers and songwriters SHARI and Ronnie Mills, plus phenomenal artistry from the ROOTS Dance Team, The Sistaaz, and Rhythm & Poetry spoken word collective. In between the two stages, guests can enjoy the festival’s outdoor marketplace featuring local food and artisan vendors offering an eclectic array of delicious food and unique items, and the beverage pavilion
  • Food and artisan vendors
  • Outside bazaar
  • Free book faire
  • Mobile Art Gallery courtesy of ArtIsMobileUS. 
  • Drawing & prizes. Grand Prize donated by Marin Bikes!
  • Adult beverage pavilion – Main Street Margaritas, wine courtesy of R&B Cellars, and beer by  East Brother Beer Co. and Benoit Casper Brewing Co. 
  • Lawn chess
  • Youth Zone – information booths, make and take activities, East Bay MUD’s Quench Buggy (offering free delicious tap water) and the RMap,
  • Free bike parking
  • VIP experience: $20 in advance at Eventbrite.com or $25 @the door. Enjoy the festivities in a reserved area with seating and shade available, and primo views of main stage! Tickets limited.

Following the recent announcement from Hollywood actor Wendell Pierce about investing in Downtown development projects, Richmond Main Street is preparing for significant changes that will transform Downtown into a thriving commercial district envisioned by its residents, property owners, and other stakeholders. The Spirit & Soul Festival will once again prominently put on display Downtown’s often overlooked assets and opportunities.

RMSI will also honor several individuals who have been instrumental in giving of their time, resources, and expertise to support the revitalization efforts as Downtown Champions.

Admission is free in order to provide guests more opportunities to dance, celebrate, and support local artisans, food vendors, and Downtown merchants. Proceeds from beverage sales, drawings, and vendors booths, will benefit the organization’s mission to revitalize historic Downtown Richmond.

Sponsors:

The Spirit & Soul Festival is sponsored by Mechanics Bank, Kaiser Permanente, Rolling Hills Memorial Park, Sims Metal Management, Republic Services, City of Richmond, Overaa Construction, East Bay Municipal Utility District, and KBLX. With additional generous support from RYSE Center, SparkPoint Contra Costa, Marin Bikes, Benoit Casper, East Brother Brewing Company, Riggers Loft Wine Company and Rich City Rides.

About the Richmond Main Street Initiative:

This event is presented by Richmond Main Street Initiative (RMSI), a community-based organization revitalizing historic Downtown Richmond. Richmond Main Street Initiative is a community based non-profit dedicated to revitalizing historic downtown Richmond. RMSI partners with the City of Richmond, merchants, and residents to develop and improve downtown Richmond as a pedestrian-friendly urban village that offers products, services, arts and entertainment that reflect the community’s rich and diverse heritage. The DRPBID district encompasses the core of the Historic Downtown area along the Macdonald Avenue corridor bounded approximately by 6th Street, Barrett Avenue, Bissell Avenue, and 16th Street. For more information and to read about the RMSI’s events and programs, please visit www.richmondmainstreet.org and www.facebook.com/richmondmainstreet.

 

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Kick Off the Weekend with Happy Hour & Jazz at Richmond’s Rigger’s Loft

This Friday, March 10, start your weekend in Richmond on the Bay and kick back to the tunes of the Tauber/Browning Band at Rigger’s Loft Wine Co. Happy Hour begins at 4pm and the music will get down at 5:30 until 8:30pm.

Joining Jeff Tauber on sax and Craig Browning on keyboard is special guest, master drummer and Blues singer, Frank Samuels, who has played with Blues greats such as Joe Turner and Etta James and local legends Beverly Stovall and Faye Carol.

At Rigger’s Loft tasting room, you can taste R&B Cellars and Carica wines as well as Far West cider.  They offer flights of cider, with also one of the ciders included in the  Tasting Room’s suggested wine flights each week. Street Eats, their in-house food truck offers tasty cuisine prepared by chef Paul Skrentny. With a diverse and changing menu such as Sweet Corn Fritters, Smoked Salmon Tostadas, Falafel or Chicken Pita, a great Cheeseburger and more, you can choose a variety of foods to share with your friends and pair with wines and ciders.

Though the space at 1325 Canal has had a rebirth, this East Bay urban wine movement, Riggers Loft Wine Co., is continuing the Old World wine making philosophy where you can walk in and taste wine among the winemakers, their families and barrels. You are not glassed off from the production process, as is so common today on the various wine country tours. R&B Cellars owner Kevin compares it to an artist colony. “People can come here and perfect their art, their craft. There’s lots of diversity here. And a lot of fun. It has become a destination.”

Come for the wine and music and stay for the view and sunset. This view is the beginning of a magical immersion into the beauty of 31 miles of shoreline that surround the City of Richmond.

Rigger’s Loft Wine Co. is located at 1325 Canal St. in Richmond.

Tasting Room Hours:

Thursdays & Fridays: 4 – 9pm
Saturdays: 12 – 9pm
Sundays: 12 – 6pm

From Riggers Loft patio – Photo/Kathy Lund

 

 

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FOG Design + Art Returns to Fort Mason Festival Pavillion Jan. 13-17, 2016

Pair of Stools by Axel Einar Hjorth Nordiska kompaniet, Sweden, ca. 1930 Pine/Hostler Burrows

Pair of Stools
by Axel Einar Hjorth
Nordiska kompaniet, Sweden, ca. 1930
Pine/Hostler Burrows

In the next four days San Francisco becomes the exciting epicenter of art and design, celebrating architecture, modern art and technology & design with dynamic exhibits, unique installations and pop-up galleries. This celebration of innovative design also features presentations and discussions with top gallerists, design dealers, architects and style-makers, from famed art collector Peggy Guggenheim to Northern California’s Woodworking Renaissance of the 1970s.

FOG Art + Design showcases 40 prominent 20th Century and contemporary art and design dealers from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

FOG Design + Art Schedule:

WED., JAN. 13 5–10pm  Preview Gala benefiting SFMOMA
To attend the FOG Preview Gala, purchase tickets here.  FOG will take place at the Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion. Get directions.

More info. about FOG Design + Art 2016

THUR., JAN. 14
11am– 6pm   Open to the public

Niamh Barry, Walking, IRE, 2015 (Artist pictured with piece) Light sculpture made of hand-formed mirror-polished bronze, black-patinated bronze, glass opal tiles, LEDs 133" L x 84" H x 40.5" D Unique/Todd Merrill Studio

Walking by Niamh Barry, IRE, 2015 (Artist pictured with piece)
Light sculpture made of hand-formed mirror-polished bronze, black-patinated bronze, glass opal tiles, LEDs
133″ L x 84″ H x 40.5″ D
Unique/Todd Merrill Studio

FRI., JAN. 15
9–11am   ArtBites presented by SFMOMA’s Modern Art Council
9am   Breakfast, coffee, and high-design delights by Jane
10am   Panel Discussion
Deconstructing Design: Inside the New SFMOMA
David Brenner, founder, Habitat Horticulture
David Darling, partner, Aidlin Darling Design
Jon McNeal, senior architect, Snøhetta
Moderated by Joseph Becker, associate curator of architecture and design, SFMOMA
To attend ArtBites, purchase tickets here.

11am– 6pm   Open to the public
Presentations–FOG Theater
1pm.   Impolite Wallpaper: Design through an Artist’s Eyes
Beth Katleman, artist
3pm   Visionary Wood: Northern California’s Woodworking Renaissance, 1970-79, with a spotlight on J. B. Blunk, Robert Strini, and John Bauer
John Bauer, sculptor
René de Guzman, senior curator of art, Oakland Museum of California
Mariah Nielson, curator, director, J. B. Blunk Estate
Gerard O’Brien, owner and curator, Reform Gallery and the Landing
Robert Strini, sculptor
5pm  Film Screening: The Incredible San Francisco Artists’ Soapbox Derby with an introduction by director Amanda Pope

Studio Vases by Stig Lindberg Gustavsberg, Sweden, ca. 1955 Glazed Porcelain, embossed patterns Left to right: 18.5” H, 2” H, 22” H/Hostler Burrows

Studio Vases by Stig Lindberg
Gustavsberg, Sweden, ca. 1955
Glazed Porcelain, embossed patterns
Left to right: 18.5” H, 2” H, 22” H/Hostler Burrows

SAT., JAN. 16
11am– 7pm   Open to the public

Presentations–FOG Theater
1pm   Film Screening: Peggy Guggenheim – Art Addict
Introduction by Janet Bishop, Weisel family curator of painting and sculpture of SFMOMA
Screening followed by a conversation with director Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Presented by Christie’s

3pm   Developing the Confidence to Trust Your Instinct: Todd Hosfelt and David Breskin Discuss Collecting
David Breskin, writer, record producer, culture worker
Todd Hosfelt, Hosfelt Gallery

5pm   Site-Specific: Creating an Immersive Moment
Charles de Lisle, designer
Tali Jaffe, executive editor, Cultured magazine
Presented by Cultured magazine

 

SUN., JAN. 17
11am– 5pm.   Open to the public

Presentations–FOG Theater
1pm  The Changing Face of San Francisco’s Art Scene
Alison Gass, associate director for collections, exhibitions, and curatorial affairs, Cantor Arts Center
Jonn Herschend, co-founder, The Thing Quarterly
Deborah Rappaport, co-founder, Minnesota Street Project
Claudia Altman Siegel, Altman Siegel Gallery

More info. about FOG Design + Art 2016

Pictured Above: Concrete Garden Pots from Germany circa 1880, sitting on a 13' long suspended French pine floorboard... On the wall to the left, Club Der Visionare, 2012, oil on canvas by Goran Djurovic... On the wall to the right, Public Viewing, 2012, oil on canvas by Goran Djurovic... In the center of the room, To Honor to Treasure, 2012, cast concrete, antique wooden chair frames by JAMESPLUMB and Chesterfield Table, 2014, cast concrete, oak pew bench, antique chesterfield sofa by JAMESPLUMBObsolete

Pictured Above: Concrete Garden Pots from Germany circa 1880, sitting on a 13′ long suspended French pine floorboard… On the wall to the left, Club Der Visionare, 2012, oil on canvas by Goran Djurovic… On the wall to the right, Public Viewing, 2012, oil on canvas by Goran Djurovic… In the center of the room, To Honor to Treasure, 2012, cast concrete, antique wooden chair frames by JAMESPLUMB and Chesterfield Table, 2014, cast concrete, oak pew bench, antique chesterfield sofa by JAMESPLUMB/Obsolete

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Preview of Woodcut Print Artist’s Entry

Café, woodcut, 2015, 21" x 23 1/2” - Linda Lee Boyd

Café, woodcut, 2015, 21″ x 23 1/2” – Linda Lee Boyd

Café, Linda Lee Boyd’s, 2015 entry in the Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit (Oct. 3-25), was inspired by her trips to Paris with her late husband. In 2010 she captured these people in a café near Sacre Coeur, showing the cosmopolitan diversity of the wonderful city of Paris.

Linda is a longtime supporter and board member of the Celebration of the Arts – since 1992 – as an entrant in the exhibit and as a volunteer. According to Linda, “The Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit is a real celebration of the arts of the residents and workers in Emeryville. For me, it’s a chance to exhibit as well as a way to work with the community.” Linda’s woodcuts are in the collection of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the Janet Turner Print Museum in Chico and in the Fetterly Gallery collection at the Vallejo Community Arts Foundation. View more of her work.

“Linda Lee Boyd’s woodcut prints are a continuation of the figurative tradition. The most salient quality of Boyd’s woodcuts, aside from their technical finesse, is their personalness. What we are seeing is the quiet yet studied and thoughtful work of an artist who lives in an ordinary, day-to-day world inhabited by ordinary day-to-day people. Subjects are chosen and then rendered from a time consuming and labor-intensive process of woodblock printing to become anything but ordinary. Boyd’s technical abilities as an artist are readily apparent; her work has been described as ‘sonnets in wood.’ It is perhaps her ability to take her friends and co-workers and create poetry from them that is her highest achievement. “ Daniel Robesky, Curator & Director, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA

How do you create a woodcut print?

The twitter version: draw on a board, cut away the white areas, ink up the raised areas, put down a sheet of paper and run it through a press. Each color is a separate board. Learn more.

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Luna Rossa Challenge Launches Second Foiling AC45 – Swordfish

big__MG_9288Both the Luna Rossa Piranha and Swordfish  are foiling about in Cagliari, after being modified with on-board systems that allow the AC45 catamarans to fully foil like the AC72s in the 2013 America’s Cup races. (take a look)

The new design protocol for the 35th America’s Cup allows for modifications of the AC45s of any sort, except for the shape of the hulls. Apparently these new catamarans will outperform the old ones and can simulate the sailing conditions of the new AC62s which will be used in the 2017 races. Practicing on the new AC45s will enrich the crews’ training program and better prepare them for maneuvers, boat handling and foiling techniques that will relate to the new AC62s. They are out at sea now testing all the boats’ components and systems in their full foiling modes.

“This is an important day for the team,” according to Max Sirena, skipper of Luna Rossa, “sailing with two boats offers a significant advantage not only for performance comparison but from all points of view. We participated in the last America’s Cup to set the basis for our 35th America’s Cup and now we can count on a solid team and a close collaboration between designers, sailing team and shore team. There is a constant exchange of information between these areas to address the design and optimize its applications.”

Watch Pirahna and Swordfish foiling in Cagliari.

Photo courtesy of lunarossachallenge.com

 

 

 

 

 

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