Arts & Entertainment
The Richmond Rockets improved to 10-3 on the season with a dominating win over the Sacramento Heatwave Saturday night. The final score was 120-102, with the Rockets leading throughout. The Rockets swept the two-game home set against Sacramento, with Saturday’s win on the heels of a 102-90 drubbing of the Heatwave at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium on Friday night. “This win further establishes ourselves as a dominant force in the Pacific North Conference,” team president said Keith Hazell as time…
Inspired by the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr, more than 400 Richmond residents volunteered their time and skills at the 5th Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service at the Richmond Greenway. The event, which had a festival atmosphere, offered musical entertainment, food, and booths with information on everything from habitat gardens to food systems and climate change. A group of local organizations led by the city, Urban Tilth and Friends of Richmond Greenway worked to maintain and beautify…
Nunez Tattoo’s third Tattoo Expo was held in the Craneway Pavilion this past weekend, hosting 41 tattoo artists, 20 painters and about 20 vendors. Named “Tattoo for a Cause,” 25 percent of the proceeds from the artists and vendors will go to the Children’s Hospital & Research Center in Oakland.
Point Richmond is dotted with glowing storefronts, mostly art galleries and artisans. For the last four months, Point Richmond has hosted Third Thursdays, an open art walk from 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Shaw and his troupe of about 20 youthful musicians will be featured at the Grace Lutheran Christmas Concert and Potluck starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, the church’s biggest fundraiser of the year. All are invited to bring a dish and a $10 donation.
Caspers Famous Hot Dogs has been a Richmond staple for more than 40 years. City councilman Corky Booze set up his election campaign headquarters there in 2010; many regulars call it home. For a glimpse into the favorite hot dog stand of Richmond, click on the short video above.
Sculpting our bedroom lives. Turning gas tanks into robots. Finding beauty in roadkill. Four artists open their homes to Richmond Confidential.
Ninth and 10th graders from Kennedy High School gathered in their gym Thursday to watch a performance about givin’ it up and hookin’ up—and the risks associated with those behaviors.
When Jamaya Walker’s father was murdered last March she cried so fiercely she became physically ill. She still has the bullet that took his life, but now, instead of weeping, she writes. “When you’re a daddy’s girl and your dad gets murdered, you don’t know what to do,” 14-year-old Walker said. “I just wrote all my emotions. I had to.” Walker will join other Richmond youth this Sunday at the East Bay Center for Performing Arts as RAW Talent presents…