Holiday
Under a full moon, thousands gathered on Tuesday evening at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond to celebrate the 4th of July a day early. Richmond’s annual fireworks show drew spectators from cities around the Bay Area.
On Saturday afternoon, members of over 50 Native American Indian tribes from across the country gathered to celebrate the 3rd Annual Richmond Native American Pow-Wow in Nicholl Park. The festival brought hundreds of local Bay Area residents to watch and participate in the dances and prayers as singer Wicahpuiluta Candelaria-Ohlone of the Muwekma Ohlone tribe started the day’s ceremony off with a blessing.
There was enough silly to go around at the 5th Annual Richmond Silly Parade. More than 100 residents came out in support of an hour of silliness at the corner of MacDonald Avenue and 23rd Street. Residents made their way down the street showing off clown hats, circus outfits and homemade creations such as the outfits from The Real Housewives of Richmond. If the getups weren’t enough entertainment, Slim Chance from Berkeley “Clowns not Bombs” gave a few laughs from his unicycle. And for a dose of Gospel inspiration the Umoja community choir belted out a rendition of “Help me on my Journey.”
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…
The residents who marched in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Saturday morning looked to emphasize a particular aspect of his teachings: Unity. “We are moving in the direction of breaking down the barriers that separate us,” said Otheree Christian, president of the Iron Triangle Neighborhood Association, “barriers that contribute to unnecessary violence.” About 200 residents participated marches that began at Nevin Community Center in central Richmond and in Parchester Village. The groups converged at Shields-Reid Park in North Richmond,…
Students and teachers from five local schools joined parents and city leaders Friday in a march and celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Students assembled at 3:30 p.m. at the corner of Harbour Way and Florida Avenue and walked while chanting peace hymns and toting signs and other crafts made in classrooms. The destination was the city park on Cutting Boulevard that bears the slain civil rights leader’s name. Billed as the “March for Peace,” the event was…
2011 was quite a year, to borrow a favorite phrase from longtime resident Sims Thompson, in “our fair city.” I know that’s vague, but it’s tough to turn a pithy phrase that sums up a year in a vibrant, bustling and changing city. We had tragedy and triumph, tumult and harmony. Alliances and rivalries. Echoes of the past and glimmers from the future.
About 2,000 Richmond and San Pablo elementary school children took home a toy each at the annual 23rd Street Merchants Association Toy Giveaway in Richmond on Tuesday.
More than 1,000 parents and children came to the Richmond PAL Center Sunday for a the 64th Annual Charles Reid Christmas Party, a community tradition begun in 1947 and carried on today by the Charles Reid Foundation and a handful of sponsors.