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Vallejo News
September 2, 2015 | Issue #196
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Empress Theater Film Club,
September 10
Experience film at its best! Join the Empress Theatre Film Club
on September 10 to enjoy great cocktails, food, film, and
discussion! The event kicks off at 7:00 p.m. followed by a special
film club screening starting at 7:30 p.m.
Come learn about cinema art and
history and discuss mutual love for
classic Hollywood films.
To reserve tickets click here, or
visit
In This Issue
Film Club
Greek Food Festival
Loma Vista Farm Pasta Feed
Vallejo People's Garden
Vallejo Celebrates Youth
Unity Day "Emerging"
2015 Coastal Cleanup Day
Vallejo Naval and Historical
Museum
Community Coffee Tasting
Vallejo Symphony Concert
Bay's Finest Car Show
www.empresstheatre.org.General Admission is $10 for nonmembers. For more information contact 707-552-2400
The Hub's Family Game Night
Vallejo Jazz Series
Wednesday Night Ramble
Napa-Solano Greek Food
Festival, September 12
Room of Voices
Input & Suggestions
Go Greek for a day! The Napa-Solano Greek Community will
host its annual Greek Festival at Street. Constantine & Helen
Church, a parish of the Metropolis of San Francisco. Located at
1224 Alabama Street, the Food Festival includes dancing,
homemade Greek food and pastries, music from Mediterranean
Soul, and tours of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Free parking is available, and all proceeds will go to St.
Constantine & Helen Orthodox Church of Vallejo.
The Hub's
Family Game
Night- 2nd and
4th Saturdays
General admission is $2, and
children under 12 are FREE.
* Saturday, September 12 from
11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
* Sunday, September 13 from 11:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
For more information, click here, or
call (707) 642-6916
Loma Vista Farm - Pasta Feed,
September 12
Visit Loma Vista Farms for their Annual Pasta Feed Fundraiser!
The fundraiser is being held this year on September 12 from
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Florence Douglas Center. The
fundraising event includes a silent auction, raffle, and prizes. All
proceeds will benefit the new Animal Habitat Projects at Loma
Vista Farm.
Tickets are on sale, now: $20
for adults, $15 for Children 6
to 12, Free for children age 5
and under. Tickets purchased
at the door are $25. Last
year's event was sold out, so
purchase tickets now and
enjoy pasta and prizes!
It's all fun & games at The
Hub! Bring your friends &
family to play all kinds of
games. There will be board
games, card games, role
playing games-all kinds of
games! The event takes
place on 2nd and 4th
Saturdays from 10:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Families can
bring their own games or
take part in Monopoly, Risk,
Stratego, and card games
that will be present.
The Hub is located in
Downtown Vallejo at 350
Georgia Street. The event is
FREE, but donations are
gladly accepted. For more
information visit The Hub on
Facebook, or click here.
For more information, click
here or contact Janice at
(510) 235-2039.
Vallejo People's Garden 5th
Birthday, September 12
Celebrate the Vallejo People's Garden's 5th birthday! There will
be food by The Yolk, live music, tours, garden tasting, and
raffles. In conjunction with the birthday festivities, there will also
be the grand opening of the Garden Mobile and Global Center
for Success Meditation Garden, funded by the City of Vallejo
through Participatory Budgeting, a project utilizing Measure B tax
revenues.
Located behind
1055 Azuar
Avenue on Mare
Island, the Vallejo
People's Garden
is a community
garden
collaboration of
many different
individual
volunteers and
partner
organizations in Vallejo.
For more information about the celebration, or for volunteer
information, email [email protected], or
click here.
Vallejo Celebrates Youth,
September 12
The 8th Annual "Vallejo Celebrates Youth" health and awareness
festival at Children's Wonderland takes place September 12,
from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The purpose of this free public
event is to Celebrate Vallejo Youth while providing families and
children with resources and information to provide a healthy
childhood and strengthen the community.
The Greater Vallejo
Recreation District, First 5
Solano, Kaiser-Permanente
and other local organizations
have partnered together to
promote a variety activities
for children and parents to
participate in. Refreshments
will be provided.
For more information, contact
Emily Long at (707) 6475317 or via email at
[email protected].
Unity Day "Emerging," September
13
Sunday Vallejo
Jazz SeriesBobbe Norries
& Larry
Dunlap,
September 13
Vocalist Bobbe Norris has
been spotlighted on
signature television shows
including Ed Sullivan, Mike
Douglas and Johnny
Carson. Following her stint
with Columbia, she has
continued to deliver vocals
all over the world, including
in New York, Holland,
England, Italy, the
Caribbean, Japan, San
Francisco, etc., frequently
accompanied by her pianist,
arranger and husband Larry
Dunlap. Dunlap, also a
music editor and consultant
at Sher Music Co., has
been accompanist to
various artists including,
Dame Cleo Laine, Mark
Murphy, The Pointer
Sisters, Joe Williams, and
Sheila Jordan.
This husband-wife duo
presents an exciting
program of Standards from
the Great American
Songbook, Jazz and
Brazilian music as well as
original music with an
intuitive communication that
can only come from years
of performing together.
Showtime begins at 5:00
p.m., with tickets priced at
$7.50. Ticket purchases are
available online here.
Contact the Empress
Theatre at (707) 552-2400
for more details and events,
or visit
www.empresstheatre.org.
Head out to the Vallejo City Park on the corner of Alabama and
Marin Streets to take part in Unity Day, a collaborative effort
between Vallejo Together, GVRD and SolTrans.
Unity Day allows Vallejo
residents from every race,
age, sexuality, and creed to
celebrate who they are
through various forms of
music, dance, song,
exhibition, and food.
Wednesday
Night Ramble
Backpack giveaways, free
haircuts, interactive
business and community
booths are all part of the
free event taking place
Sunday, September 13 from
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Josh McIntosh and
Jason Lynn,
September 16
2015 Coastal Cleanup Day,
September 19
Vallejo Sanitation & Flood Control District is proud to announce
the 31st annual California Coastal Cleanup Day taking place on
Saturday, September 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Last year's event was
successful with 732
volunteers picking up more
than 14,300 pounds of
trash and recyclables! 20
different locations
throughout Vallejo will be
available this year for
volunteers to clean trash
and debris from local
creeks, lakes, marshes and
the shoreline. Those that
wish to volunteer may
either register early here
and be given a clean-up
site, or come to the Vallejo
Marina at 42 Harbor Way
on the morning of the event
and be assigned a site
upon arrival.
Waivers must be filled out in order to participate and can be
found here.
For more information contact Ken Hawes at (707) 645-8258 or
via email at [email protected].
Free Family Day- Vallejo Naval
and Historical Museum, September
19
It's Free Family Day at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum!
Attend the admission-free event on Saturday, September 19
from 12-Noon to 4:00 p.m. at 734 Marin Street (the third
Saturday of every month is free).
View historic exhibits, including
the Hall of History: Vallejo's
Maritime Heritage which
features paintings, drawings,
and photographs from the
Museum's permanent
collection.
Come ramble with Josh
McIntosh and Jason Lynn.
Joshua "Tree" McIntosh
was named after the
magical place where his
parents played in the desert
as teenagers. As a young
man, Josh dove into the
music scene fronting the
acoustic rock jam outfit
Blew Willie and delivered
over a thousand
performances all over the
west. Quickly recognized for
improvisational skills as a
guitarist and powerful soul
dripped vocals, McIntosh
and Blew Willie established
their own presence in the
scene with appearances on
Blues Travelers H.O.R.D.E.
Fest, High Sierra, and at
premier west coast venues
such as House of Blues LA,
Great American Music Hall
and Slims SF. With AAA
radio support from stations
like San Francisco's KFOG
and reviews from jam scene
magazines including Relix,
the SF Bay Area embraced
Blew Willie and its 3 hour
dance parties and quality
song writing. Josh is
currently preparing to
record his next offering
"Rattlesnakes in the
Garden".
Hot House Blues
with Tia Carroll
and Hard Work,
September 23
This band is rightfully called
Hard Work. They sizzle and
take the audience on the
ride right along with them.
Sporting two fine guitar
players and sometimes
even a Conga player, this is
a must see band. Even
when they have stripped it
down to bass, drums, guitar
and vocals, you will still feel
the power that Hard Work
delivers.
Free Family Day takes place on
the 3rd Saturday of each month,
so be sure to attend and view
glimpses of Vallejo's history
For more information call (707)
643-0077, or visit the Vallejo
Naval and Historical Museum
Website.
Community Coffee Tasting Event,
September 19 & 26
Take an aromatic and heart-warming journey from the farm to
the cup! The Community Coffee Tasting Event on Saturday,
September 19 allows visitors to sit, sip, stay, and be satisfied.
With over 20 coffees from all over the world, the event allows
visitors to sit, sip, stay, and be satisfied while enjoying the
freshest art and designs created and sold by artists. Local
artisans peddle their talents from Raku pottery, handmade
designer handbags, glazed pottery, original art, jewelry, custom
fire pits and much more!
Located at 11 Sixth Street in Vallejo, the
event will also host an open mic at 11:00
a.m. for all ages. Expect poetry, live acoustic
music, comedy, dance, and various talents!
For over 20 years Moschetti has roasted,
packaged, and supplied coffee from their
small roasting plant in Vallejo for 300
locations all over the Greater Bay Area and
Northern California.
Showtime is at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10.00 and are
available online here.
Contact the Empress
Theatre at (707) 552-2400
for more details and events,
or visit
www.empresstheatre.org.
Room of
Voices- Disco
Egypt- Mingo
Lewis and
Karissa
Ssapien,
September 25
American Conductor Thomas Heuser will be leading the
symphony, with Inna Faliks on piano. Performers include
Smetana, Vltava (The Moldau) from Má Vlast, Rachmaninoff,
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor and Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 in
E Minor, "New World."
This night will feature Room
of Voices music, along with
visual film projection and
lots of dancing! Come
prepared in Egyptian
costume and get to ready to
party. You're likely to see
anyone from Cleopatra, to
Horus, to Osiris, or even
Isis at this Disco Egypt
night. Featuring Mingo
Lewis (drums/vocals) &
Karissa Ssapien
(synths/vocals), Room of
Voices is a new direction in
music and a collective of
world sounds.
The event will be held from 3:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m at Hogan
Auditorium. Admission is $15 for
students, $25 for seniors, and $35
for the general audience. For
tickets click here, or contact the
Vallejo Symphony at (707) 6434441.
Showtime begins at 8:00
p.m. Tickets are $15.00 and
are available online here.
Contact the Empress
Theatre at (707) 552-2400
for more details and events,
or visit
www.empresstheatre.org
There is limited parking at the venue, so carpooling is advised.
Additional parking is located at Wilson Park on 1007 Solano
Avenue.
Vallejo Symphony Concert 1 "Wild
and Serene," September 20
The 2nd Annual Bay's Finest Car,
Truck and Bike Show, September
26
Head out to the Solano County Fairgrounds on Saturday,
September 26 to see the 2nd Annual Bay's Finest Car, Truck,
and Bike Show! This event, presented by Havok Bay Area, runs
from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and includes mo
re than 30 trophies, raffle prizes, and a live DJ.
A portion of the
proceeds will be
donated to the
Humane Society of
the North Bay.
Entrance to the show
is free for spectators with $10 parking.
All makes and models are welcome to participate in the show.
For more information about registration click here.
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