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[email protected] www.tricityvoice.com June 5, 2018 Vol. 16 No. 23 Fixit Clinic provides collaborative community repair BY ZOYA HAJEE PHOTOS COURTESY OF FIXIT CLINIC The very first Fixit Clinic took place on December 1, 2009 at the City of Albany Recreation and Community Services. Participants rushed in with their broken items; the majority of them consumer products with mechanical or electrical compo- nents such as vacuum cleaners and sewing machines. Excited to engage in the repair process, participants interacted with Continued on page 12 SUBMITTED BY SUN GALLERY “Life to Art: A Portuguese American Story in Art” opens Saturday, June 9 at the Sun Gallery in Hayward. This special exhibit features artists Nathan Oliveira, Mel Ramos, Jerald Silva, João de Brito, David King, Maxine Olson, and Richard Silva. The exhibit is a part of the celebrations of the week of Portugal in the diaspora also known as Portugal Day, which celebrates Portuguese communities around the world. Continued on page 14 Lawn chairs, picnic baskets, sunglasses, and bands, discover new ones, and make the most your best dance moves – summer concerts are of those summer days. back and ready to get you groovin’. A staple of summer fun, local concert series’ kick off on FREMONT Tuesday, June 12 in Milpitas with the Country Cougars, followed by the diverse offerings of the Central Park Summer Concert Series Hayward Municipal Band on Sunday, June 17 Thursdays, 6:00 p.m.