Posts Tagged ‘civic center’
Council changes mind, shifts parking site for homeless people to Civic Center
Richmond City Council on Tuesday bowed to pressure from residents in the Hilltop area, selecting the Civic Center instead of the larger mall lot for a safe parking pilot program.
Read MoreRichmond Art Center: building community through art
You don’t need to be an artist to work with clay or fibers. All you need is the desire. And a little support from your friends doesn’t hurt. The Richmond Art Center provides artistically inclined residents with potter’s wheels, electric kilns and looms to transform their creativity into a variety of art forms. Located near…
Read MoreUrban streetscape improvements to connect Civic Center to BART
A $7.7 million reconstruction project, slated to begin in March, will revitalize the downtown corridor along Nevin Avenue.
Read MoreLEAP celebrates 30 years of educating Richmond adults
Hugs and congratulatory handshakes were exchanged last Sunday as the Literacy for Every Adult Program (LEAP) celebrated 30 years of teaching in Richmond. As several hundred attendees bounced from information tables to carts of free books, music from the Hilltop Ukulele Lovers Academy played throughout the quad of the Civic center. “I owe it all…
Read MoreMayor honors memory of homicide victims
Mayor Gayle McLaughlin invited the community to the Richmond Public Library Friday night to honor the memory of this year’s homicide victims. More than 30 people attended the event. Chairs formed a circle providing a public forum for the mayor and the attendees who had stories to share about the year’s 18 homicides. “It’s people…
Read MoreCity Hall briefly closes after fistfight in ONS office
DeVone Boggan, director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety, called 25 young men known as some of the most violent or at-risk youth in Richmond into the City Manager’s office in City Hall more than a year ago. He wanted to show them the fantastic view of the Bay Area and to make them an…
Read MoreHomeless in Richmond: The story of one man who must leave the street he calls home
For almost 20 years, Ized Stewart has lived outside on the corner of 24th Street and Barrett Avenue. He’s a familiar presence, known to a generation of locals for surrounding himself with mounds of bags containing anything from garbage to stuffed animals. He’s often seen feeding the local birds, reading the newspaper or listening to…
Read MoreYear-end showcase of youth arts at Civic Center
Richmond’s young talent shared their skills with family and friends at The East Bay Center for the Performing Arts winter show at the Civic Center Tuesday night.
Read MoreA musical exclamation mark
A Civic Center audience enjoyed an aural dash of Dvorak, a call to a West African divinity and some Miles Davis on Community Music Day.
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