http://richmondconfidential.org Richmond, California News, Information, Art and Events. Sat, 18 May 2013 15:49:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://richmondconfidential.org/2013/03/22/richmond-youth-host-second-open-mic-night/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2013/03/22/richmond-youth-host-second-open-mic-night/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:13:40 +0000 Julie Brown http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=55976 Last week, RAW Talent hosted its second open mic night. Kids from across Richmond and the East Bay came out to share original poems and songs. Organizers hoped the event would be a safe place for kids to be creative and show off their talents.]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2013/03/22/richmond-youth-host-second-open-mic-night/feed/ 0 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/12/18/nonprofit-allows-music-to-sing-at-peres-elementary/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/12/18/nonprofit-allows-music-to-sing-at-peres-elementary/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:51:16 +0000 Brittany Patterson http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=52715 On Thursday, students are Peres Elementary School performed during their annual winter music concert. Music is alive at Peres and three other Richmond Schools in part because of a program called Education Through Music East Bay. ]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/12/18/nonprofit-allows-music-to-sing-at-peres-elementary/feed/ 4 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/11/29/bandwidth-hip-hop-artist-ysd-makes-waves-in-richmond/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/11/29/bandwidth-hip-hop-artist-ysd-makes-waves-in-richmond/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:30:57 +0000 Sara Bernard http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=51207 Meet Young Shorty Doowop, or Y.S.D., one of Richmond’s rising stars — a female rapper and R&B artist who’s been writing her own songs since childhood. She performs around the Bay Area, dishing up beats from her first album, “I Love All My Fans: The Mixtape” and a new single, “Flexin’ on Em” (which comes with its own dance). She’s been featured on KMEL 106.1 FM, danced in music videos...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/11/29/bandwidth-hip-hop-artist-ysd-makes-waves-in-richmond/feed/ 3 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/29/oktoberfest-brings-beer-dirndls-and-lederhosen-to-craneway-pavilion/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/29/oktoberfest-brings-beer-dirndls-and-lederhosen-to-craneway-pavilion/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:00:59 +0000 Sarah Phelan http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=48625 The Craneway Pavilion on Richmond’s marina harbor echoed to the sounds of steins clinking, beer pong balls pinging, Bayern Maiden’s guitar twanging and dirndl and lederhosen-clad dancers from the Golden Gate Bavarian Club delivering stompingly hot performances of peasant dances at the first East Bay Oktoberfest on Saturday. Amy Higgins, who was manning a booth as community manager for Google + Local, estimated that 1,000 people turned out for the...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/29/oktoberfest-brings-beer-dirndls-and-lederhosen-to-craneway-pavilion/feed/ 0 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/09/after-school-music-is-alive-at-mira-vista-elementary/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/09/after-school-music-is-alive-at-mira-vista-elementary/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:48:07 +0000 Brittany Patterson http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=46022 When the bell rings signaling the end of the day at Mira Vista Elementary School the playground comes alive with the sounds of elementary students pouring out of their classrooms. The brown portable on the edge of campus, though, is filling up. Laden with backpacks and sweatshirts, children burst through the door, deposit their backpacks and begin pulling folded, metal contraptions — soon to be music stands — out of...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/09/after-school-music-is-alive-at-mira-vista-elementary/feed/ 12 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/02/interactive-art-makes-waves-on-macdonald-ave/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/02/interactive-art-makes-waves-on-macdonald-ave/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:00:38 +0000 Rachel Witte http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=45702 An outdoor art exhibit of work by acclaimed new media artist Scott Snibbe made its debut at the Richmond Arts in Motion festival this Saturday. The display consists of four screens that hang in the front window of the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts on the corner of 11th St. and Macdonald Ave. Three panels feature pre-recorded videos of the EBCPA’s students and resident artists dancing and acting...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/02/interactive-art-makes-waves-on-macdonald-ave/feed/ 0 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/29/richmondcpr/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/29/richmondcpr/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:01:17 +0000 Tiffany Neely http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=45650 Who would've thought that the 1970s disco hit "Stayin' Alive" would one day literally help people stay alive?]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/29/richmondcpr/feed/ 0 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/28/art-and-soul-coming-to-richmond-this-saturday/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/28/art-and-soul-coming-to-richmond-this-saturday/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:00:24 +0000 Rachel Witte http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=45532 Richmond Main Street and the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts will team up this weekend for Saturday’s Spirit & Soul and Richmond Arts in Motion festivals. The back-to-back events will kick off at 1 p.m. on MacDonald Avenue between 13th Street and Harbour Way.]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/28/art-and-soul-coming-to-richmond-this-saturday/feed/ 0 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/24/richmond-music-video-in-support-of-obama-goes-viral/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/24/richmond-music-video-in-support-of-obama-goes-viral/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:00:19 +0000 Tawanda Kanhema http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=45197 A music video recorded by a coalition of Richmond-based artists, featuring an inmate and a parolee in support of President Barack Obama’s campaign for reelection, has gone viral on YouTube, attracting more than 80,000 views with at least 60,000 people having watched it in the past week. The song, titled “Change,” features the vocals of R&B singer Waymond “Suave” Anderson, who is serving a life sentence at the California State...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/24/richmond-music-video-in-support-of-obama-goes-viral/feed/ 0 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/18/richmond-hears-el-grito-de-dolores-loud-and-clear/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/18/richmond-hears-el-grito-de-dolores-loud-and-clear/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:01:42 +0000 Erik Reyna http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=44855 The Mexican flag, carried carefully without touching the floor, dwarfed Marco Negrete, a diplomatic attaché from the Mexican Consulate General in San Francisco, as he carried it onto the stage in Richmond’s Restaurante la Revolución. From the stage, Negrete stood before the band’s instruments, and gazed out at hundreds of people who had gathered from all over the Bay Area to celebrate El Grito de Dolores – Mexican Independence Day....]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/18/richmond-hears-el-grito-de-dolores-loud-and-clear/feed/ 1