june 2015 MARKETPLACEcontrac osta .com 77 in. Hercules Library, 109 Civic Drive, 510-245-2420. June 6: Interfaith Imigration Vigil 11am. Join people from many faith communities and other concerned citizens outside the West County Detention Center at 5555 Giant Highway in Richmond for a vigil in solidarity with those who are being detained due to immigration status. Help us work towards better Immigration Legislation and learn how you can support the immigrants. 510-724-9141 or write to vicarsusan@hotmail.com. June 6-7: Watercolor paintings on display 11-6pm. Open Art Studio, part of Pro Arts East Bay. 3340 Morningside Drive. El Sobrante. LarryHatfieldArt.com. June 8: Adventure in Space! - Interactive Children’s Theatre 4pm. You’re the star at Kenn Adams’ Adventure Theater! Audience members make the sound effects, become the scenery, invent the twists and turns of the plot and even jump right up on stage to play important characters by making up their dialogue right along side of the cast in this funny, family-friendly improve comedy adventure. In this action-packed episode, you’ll blast off in a flying saucer, do battle with a horrible space-monster, meet the strange, three-headed space-wizard, defeat the villain, and save the world! So, gather your courage, grab a sidekick, and get ready to rush to the rescue! Free. 510-620-6557. Richmond Public Library, 325 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond. richmondlibrary.org. June 9: Friends of the Rodeo Library Meeting 7:30pm. Discuss book sales, fundraising, promotion, and library improvements. New members welcome. 220 Pacific Ave, Rodeo. 510- 799-2606. June 9: JAMIE COVENTRY: CIRCUS, MUSIC, LAUGHS 7pm. Come enjoy Jamie’s one-man circus, packed with toe-tapping, rib-tickling fun for the whole family. This free performance is part of Contra Costa County Library’s 2015 “Read to the Rhythm” Summer Reading Festival. All ages are welcome. Hercules Library, 109 Civic Drive, 510-245-2420. JUNE 9: JAMIE COVENTRY AT THE EL SOBRANTE LIBRARY 3:30-4:10pm. When Jamie Coventry comes to town, harmonicas sound like car engines, plates spin in the air, and a three-ring circus creates itself before your eyes! Come join the fun with a true master of laughter! All ages welcome. El Sobrante Library, 4191 Appian Way, El Sobrante. 510-374-3991. June 11: Day at the Races at Golden Gate Fields $48/person transportation included. For details and to sign up call the Pinole Senior Center. 510-724-9800. June 13 & 14: Fantastic Four Weekend at Playland- Not-at-the-Beach 10-5pm. Hurry – cosmic rays have mutated Playland-Not-at-the- Beach’s staff into super beings who must help you win prizes! Careful crossing the force field around Pinball Alley, and watch out for The Thing. Guests pay one low price to enter and can play all day: $10 for children and seniors, and $15 for general admission. 10979 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. 510-592-3002. playland-not-at-the-beach.org. June 13: PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE EVENT FEATURING KARIKTAN DANCE OF CONCORD 3pm. Join us for our annual Philippine Independence Day Celebration! An afternoon of all things Filipino here at the library; special Folk Song Storytime with Miss Cora from the Pinole library, Kariktan Dance Company of Concord, Filipino scholar Ernesto De Paz, Ernesto De Paz, Mayor Myrna DeVera, former mayor Ed Manuel, and many others! All ages are welcome. Hercules Library, 109 Civic Drive, 510-245-2420. JUNE 13: PINOLE COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY 9-12noon. Volunteer for the 5th Annual Pinole Community Service Day, sponsored by the Pinole Community Services Commission. Volunteers will be treated to a free continental breakfast (8-9 a.m.) and free lunch (12-1 p.m.) at the Pinole Youth Center, before and after their three-hour work assignments. Projects include painting, landscaping, street clean-up, park beautification, and spending time with residents at Pinole Senior Village, among others. Volunteers will receive a free Pinole Community Service Day T-shirt. 510-724-9062, recreation@ci.pinole.ca.us. JUNE 13: SOCK HOP & FOOD DRIVE 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Our sixth year of rockin’ out for a cause! Join rockin’ twangin’ surfin’ dance band Hot Rod Jukebox for a night of good times and fast tunes. Free admission, all ages, and open to the community. Suggested donation is a grocery bag of non-perishable food items such as tuna, spam, peanut butter, canned fruits and vegetables, pasta, and cereal. Each week, volunteers from the St. Vincent de Paul Society distribute food to people in need. Help us fight hunger in our community. stjeromeec.org, hotrodjukebox.com, St. Jerome Catholic Church, 308 Carmel Ave., El Cerrito, 510-525-0876. June 13: Read to the Rhythm - Jamie Coventry 2pm. Come enjoy Jamie’s one-man circus, packed with toe-tapping, rib-tickling fun for the whole family. This free performance is part of Contra Costa County Library’s 2015 “Read to the Rhythm” Summer Reading Festival. 991 Loring Ave. 510-787-2345. June 13: East Bay Center for the Performing Arts presents “Eyes of the Rainbow”, 1997. 6-8pm. This is a fundraiser in support of new works by Gloria Rolando and Richmond (CA) / Regla (Cuba) Friendship Cmte projects. Films by Gloria Rolando, Cuban Filmmaker, w/ Cuba Update by Walter Turner, KPFA Host of Africa Today “Reembarque/Reshipment”, 2014. Story of Haitian immigrants to Orient in the early 20th century and their forced repatriation after the sugar market crashed. w/ English subtitles. A film on Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who took refuge in Cuba after years of struggle in the U.S. Suggested donation: $15.00 (no one turned away for lack of funds. 339 11th St., @ Macdonald Ave., Richmond.
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