The Experience, Richmond: Richmond Art Center Celebrates
The Experience:
Art of the African Diaspora 2025
Fill your weekend with art. This show runs until March 22. Discover there is a marvelous evolution that brings the Art Of The African Diaspora organization to the public as the longest running event of its kind, within the San Francisco Bay Area’s oldest established Art Center, The Richmond Art Center (RAC). It originated from a salon for African American artists known as Colors of Black that was organized in 1989
In its 28th year, Art of the African Diaspora continues to express and celebrate the creative achievements of artists of African descent. This year, over 150 artists showcase their work at Richmond Art Center, as well as in open studios and satellite exhibitions at different venues around the Bay Area.
Featured here is ‘Resilient Divinity’ by participating artist, Alexis LeAnn Joseph, 2021 – 16 x 20’ Acrylic Medium.
Artistic Achievement Award Winners from 2024 and featured artists in the exhibition are Deborah Butler, Kim Champion, and Carrie Lee McClish.
Richmond Art Center gallery hours: Wed-Sat 10am-4pm. Closing Party: Saturday, March 22, 2-4pm
Where:
2540 Barrett Ave.
Richmond
The Experience, Emeryville: Ohana Cannabis Co. Specials
The Experience:
Take the edge off with CBD drinks!
Discover a world of possibilities at Emeryville’s first dispensary with a wide range of offerings that cater to your unique preferences and desires. Take advantage of their weekly deals! This week, Ohana Cannabis’ Weekly Special is an amazing storewide discount – 25% off their entire menu!
Featured here is the CANN Lemon Lavender drink. Fans say one Cann has a similar effect to a glass of wine or light beer and that it is refreshing and not too sweet. It may take 15 min to kick in and will last for about 45 min.
Ingredients:
- Each Cann is dosed with high quality THC & CBD extract
- 4mg of CBD & 2mg of THC (2:1)
- Sparkling water
- 100% organic agave nectar
- Fresh fruit juice
- All natural lavender flavor
Shop online here. https://sweede.io/dispensary/ohana-cannabis-emeryville
Photo/CANN website
About Ohana
Ohana Cannabis’ storefront is a serene atmosphere with patient and knowledgeable consultants who will help you discover what you may be looking for in their products, plus, give you time to understand dosing for your unique needs. Cannabis and CBD knowledgeable. Visit them in Emeryville and check out their products and stock up for 4/20, the marijuana holiday – a great time to share with your friends.
Ohana Cannabis prides itself in providing its customers with quality, clean, and fully tested, medical and/or recreational cannabis combined with caring customer service!
Open daily 8am-10pm. Visit their shop or order online or by text for free delivery or curbside pickup. And if you want to ask questions, just call or text them and one of the consultants will help you. (510) 925-1266 – phone/text.License #: C10-0000789-LIC
Where:
5745 Peladeau St
Emeryville
The Experience, Richmond: East Brother Beer Co Big News
The Experience:
More Tanks. More Beer!
They’ve come a long way since 2017, when they started brewing with just enough tanks to make 620 barrels of beer.
East Brother just added five new 120-barrel fermenters (according to their crew, that’s the equivalent of five swimming pools of beer!) and a new brite tank to store the beer after fermentation. Plus, some new equipment:
- A cartoner to help them package beer faster
- A towering new grain silo
- A centrifuge to make their beer crystal clear
- And a new floor scrubber to keep everything spotless!
Grab your friends and head down for a visit. You’ll notice a little more hustle and bustle.and tanks so tall they almost touch the ceiling.. But rest assured, it’s still the same East Brother you know and love, just on a larger scale.
They can’t wait for you to see the progress.
Your favorite food trucks will be rolling in so you can savor some tasty bites while having a pint and surveying the new tanks. (510) 230-4081.
Where:
1001 Canal Blvd
Richmond
The Experience, Emeryville: Trader Vic’s February
The Experience:
Cocktail of the Month: Jungle Heat!
For the month of February you can escape to the tropics with this vibrant mix of citrus, Grog, Carpano Antica, and Hamilton Demerara Rum – the perfect sip to ignite your month with island vibes!
And your friends at Trader Vic’s wish you a Happy Lunar New Year on their Facebook page and in their lounge. “As we step into the Year of the Snake, may it bring you wisdom, renewal, and the courage to embrace new beginnings. Let this year be one of transformation, prosperity, and good fortune.”
In their lounge on February 7th and 8th, from 7-7:30pm you can join them for a LIVE Lion Dance and indulge in their special tiki menu of drinks to celebrate the Lunar New Year!
February also brings us Valentine’s Day and a heartfelt dinner menu for a romantic evening on the water. Make your reservations now: 510-653-3400
About Trader Vic’s + the Mai Tai
Decades ahead of his time, Vic ‘The Trader’ Bergeron chose to offer Chinese dishes alongside the then-contemporary Continental cuisine, creating maybe the original fusion menu. Today, Trader Vic’s continues the tradition and still uses the Chinese Wood-fired Ovens featuring dishes from the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Asia, and Japan. And, as we all know, Trader Vic’s claims to be home to the original Mai Tai.
According to the Trader, Vic Bergeron, “In 1944, after success with several exotic rum drinks, I felt a new drink was needed. I was at the service bar in my Oakland restaurant. I took down a bottle of 17-year-old Jamaican J. Wray Nephew rum, added fresh lime, some Orange Curaçao from Holland, a dash of Rock Candy Syrup, and a dollop of French Orgeat, for its subtle flavor. A generous amount of shaved ice and vigorous shaking by hand produced the marriage I was after. Half the lime shell went in for color, I stuck in a branch of fresh mint, and gave two of them to Ham and Carrie Guild, friends from Tahiti, who were there that night. Carrie took one sip and said, “Mai Tai – Roa Ae” In Tahitian means “Out of this World- The Best”. Well, that was that, I named the drink ‘Mai Tai.’”
(Victor Bergeron and Carrie Guild featured below in 1970)
Hours: Wednesday-Sunday:
- Lunch 12pm-3pm
- Lounge 12pm-9:30pm
- Dinner 5pm-9pm
Where:
9 Anchor Dr
Emeryville
The Experience, Alameda: Rhythmix Cultural Works Folk Opera
The Experience:
Nature, a bridge and an evocative story.
Join the folks at Rythmix on Saturday, February 8th at 7pm and experience Flight Lessons, a Folk Opera by Deborah Crooks. It’s a story you will retell again and again.
Inspired by true events on Oakland’s Fruitvale Bridge, Flight Lessons tells the story of Peregrine Falcons and humans coexisting at the edge of wild and urban life.
The narrative follows an urban wildlife biologist as she monitors a breeding pair of falcons nesting on the bridge. When one bird is tragically shot, the lives of the falcons and the human community around them become deeply intertwined.
Exploring themes of home, migration, adaptation, and resilience, Flight Lessons examines the connections between life, loss, and the natural world. It asks: How do we learn to value nature in an urban environment? And how do we recover and move forward after profound loss? Tix/more info: https://www.rhythmix.org/events/flight-lessons/
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Where:
2513 Blanding Ave
Alameda
The Experience, Emeryville: Honor Kitchen & Cocktails Seasonal Menu
The Experience:
Celebrate the honorable Dungeness Crab season!
Embrace the new Dungeness Crab menu with Honor. Kitchen crew calls it ‘cracking into flavor heaven’! Take a look at the menu
Crab Specials:
- Dungeness Crab Salad – fennel, radish, onion arugula, frisee, citrus salsa verde, lemon aioli, blood orange
- Honor Crab Melt – rustic dourdough, egg spread, smoked gouda & aged cheddar cheese, frisee, citrus fennel slaw
- Dungeness Crab Bucatini –maitake mushroom, parmesan, prosecco-lemon cream sauce, sugar snap peas over pasta
- Oven-Roasted ½ Dungeness Crab – garlic noodles, parsley & lemon butter
A crisp Sauvignon Blank pairs nicely with Dungeness, as does their beer on tap!
A remodeled bar/lounge area awaits you if you want to sip on a handcrafted cocktail or mocktail. Outdoors you can experience a fun beautiful sunlit atrium during the day which is transformed at night with jewel toned lights, outdoor fire pits and great leather furniture. You’ll love the vibe. Grab your friends and get down to Honor Kitchen & Cocktails! This unexpected Emeryville hole-in-the-wall will leave you feeling ‘Honored’!
HONOR (on-er) n. Honesty, fairness, or integrity on one’s beliefs and actions. A source of credit or distinction. High respect, as for worth, merit, or rank. High public esteem, fame; glory; the privilege of being associated.
Where:
1411 Powell St
Emeryville
https://www.honoremeryville.com/
