Vallejo News

May 31, 2019 | Issue #393

Vallejo Admirals Home Opener- May 31 Sign-Up for other City The will Communications be hosting their Home Opener game against the Napa Silverados on May , 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 In This Issue p.m. Following the opening game, the Admirals will Mingle with the Sharks play an additional 39 home games through August 25, Vallejo Pista Sa Nayon at Wilson Park located at Lynch Canyon Annual Kite Festival 1007 Solano Avenue. The Admirals, who won the Resilient Neighborhoods Championship in 2017, are one of five teams competing in the Health Stores Project and Volunteer Association in 2019. For a full list of Vallejo Admirals special events, Recruitment click here. To purchase tickets and to view additional deals, click Drinking Water Week here. Latin Dance Lessons Vallejo Pista Sa Nayon - June 1 Tourism Luncheon Barkitecture: Mardi Paws Gala & Auction

VPD Community Engagement Forum

Pirate Festival-

Vallejo Chamber of Commerce Wine on the Water

Vallejo 5K Mother's Day Race to Health

10th Annual Mother's Day Cream Tea

New Dawn Vallejo Corporation Summer Programs

No Small Matter Screening

Pistil Studio's Sunday Studios

Cream of Clapton featuring Kevin Russell

Coal Shed Brewery Tour and Tasting

Vallejo Senior Roundtable Meeting Pista sa Nayon is Solano Land Trust Events. one of the largest Vallejo Farmers Market Filipino events on the West Coast, Vallejo Farmers Market that starts with a Grand Parade and Community Coffee Tasting follows with Input & Suggestions continuous first class entertainment, Live Raggae DJ Party including vendor booths, food, and - Fridays & Saturdays activities for all ages. The Grand Parade will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the corner of Marin Street and Capitol Street in Vallejo and will end at the Vallejo Waterfront.

Please note: Voted as the "BEST Caribbean Food Parking will be in Vallejo," Ruthie's Caribbean enforced in all Kitchen will be hosting live Reggae Waterfront DJ parties every Friday and Saturday parking lots and from 9:00 pm. to 12:30 p.m., where along the guests will enjoy live DJ music along Waterfront. To avoid parking citations, please park in any of the with amazing Caribbean food and Downtown lots, which are free on weekends. To view a map of drink specials. General admission is parking lots in the area, click here. $5 per person. For more information, call (707) 731-0452. Pista sa Nayon is a highlight of Philippine Cultural Month celebrated throughout the month of June. Philippine Independence Day is Coal Shed Brewery Tour celebrated during the first week of June and commemorates when the country first proclaimed their independence from Spain after more than and Tasting - June 1 300 years of colonial rule. For over 30 years, Pista sa Nayon has grown to be the largest free Filipino event on the West Coast and is regarded as one of the best places to visit the first Saturday in June. This event draws large crowds wanting to sample Philippine food, experience Filipino culture, and enjoy entertainment for all ages. For more information about this event including featured entertainment and performances, click here.

Free Movie Night at Children's Wonderland - June 1 thru August 24

Beginning June 1, Children's Wonderland will be hosting free movie nights on select Saturdays Every first Saturday of the month the for families to enjoy. While Mare Island Brewing Company gates will open at 7:30 offers a guided tour and tasting of p.m., movies will begin their Coal Shed Brewery from 1:30 around sunset. Food, p.m. to 2:45 p.m. The Coal Shed snacks, drinks, and Brewery is formerly one of the nine popcorn will be available Coal Sheds that stored and loaded for purchase. For a list of coal onto the Navy's steam ships in dates and movies, click the late 1800s and early 1900s, here. completely restored and renovated into a 15-barrel brew house, complete with private event and tour and tasting space. Admission is $25 per person and Resilient Neighborhoods - June 1 reservations are required. To make a reservation today, click here. If you are interested in taking a private tour, This month, Sustainable Solano will hold its second Resilient separate from the monthly group tour, Neighborhoods event. Over the course of twelve months, community email members will learn about sustainable landscaping features and then [email protected]. head outside to get their hands dirty implementing those techniques. Vallejo Senior The program will result in four households transforming into "Resilience Centers." Roundtable Meeting - June 3 Lunch will be provided during each installation date. Volunteers are encouraged to bring hats, gloves, reusable water bottles, and sunblock. For a full list of installation dates and topics and to register, click here.

Meeting on the first Monday of each month, the Vallejo Senior Roundtable is an opportunity for senior citizens to informally gather and network with one another, local service providers, and elected officials to share their thoughts and receive news or updates on current events and on issues including health care, safety, social services, fraud, retirement, and much more. This month's Senior Roundtable will be held on May 6, at the Florence Douglas Center from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information about this event, call (707) 553-6824. Solano Land Trust Events

12th Annual Lynch Canyon Trail Run & Community Hike- June 1

Vallejo Car Hop Show and Battle - June 2

On the first Saturday of June, trail The CHELU Car Club will runners will gather to test themselves be hosting the Downtown on Lynch Canyon's terrain. Drawing Vallejo Car Show, where participants from around Northern registered participants will , and offering rugged views be able to compete in a including the Napa Valley and Mt. car cop competition. While Tamalpais, the event has earned a the event is open to all reputation for being the perfect makes and models, combination of "challenge and fun." registration for this event is Participants have ranged from 8 to 80 $50 and free for years old, and first-timers to spectators. Registration sponsored athletes. While the Lynch will be from 8:00 a.m. to Canyon Run is challenging with a 11:00 a.m. and the event respectable amount of elevation and is family and kid friendly. distance, participants are treated to Alcohol, drugs, and color frequent aid stations and cheerful drama are not allowed. The volunteers. Car Show will be held in Downtown Vallejo from The event also includes a free 2.5- 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. mile community hike to encourage everyone to participate and enjoy the The CHELU Car Club is great outdoor recreation that Solano based on the concept of County has to offer. Event proceeds giving back to the community in which they live and serve, through benefit the Solano Land Trust, a non- charitable contributions by raising public awareness of important issues profit organization that preserves and in our community. To learn more about the CHELU Car Club, visit their protects open space in Solano Facebook page, here. County. The Lynch Canyon Trail Run and Community Hike includes a half marathon, 10K, 5K, and a 2.5-mile community hike. Course registration Nimitz Group Community Meetings - will begin at 6:30 a.m. and the run will begin at 8:00 a.m. For a full list of June 4 & 5 fees, courses, rules, and online registration, click here. In July 2018, the City executed an Exclusive Negotiating Nature Hike at Rockville Trails Agreement with the Nimitz Preserve - June 8 Group to develop 157 acres of land on North Mare Island. Nimitz Group contracted an internationally-recognized firm HOK in January 2019 and began developing an island-wide master plan to build a 21st Century community of employment, housing, and recreation to restore Mare Island as the economic engine of the region.

The Nimitz Group will be On most second Saturdays of the hosting two community month, docents of the Solano Land informational meetings on June Trust guide participants through the 4 and June 5 where local hills between Suisun Valley and residents will learn more about HOK's work and their vision for Mare Green Valley on the Rockville Trails Island and Vallejo. The two-hour long community meetings will be held Preserve and share their insights at the Coal Sheds on Mare Island located at 851 Waterfront Avenue about the fauna in the area while on June 4 beginning at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and June 5 beginning at participants look for wildflowers. The 6:00 p.m. To view the flyer, click here. hike, which provides a moderate to strenuous workout, will be held on June 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 Woofstock Dog Show- June 6 through p.m.While admission is free and registration is not required, RSVP is June 9 highly recommended. For additional information and to RSVP for this event, click here.

**For all events, participants should bring a backpack with plenty of water The Woofstock Dog Show is a fun and snacks, sunglasses, sturdy filled special event for dogs and closed-toe shoes or boots, long pants owners where dogs can compete in or layered clothing, protection from special events and enjoy free the elements, and binoculars to enjoy doughnuts and pizza. Guests will the wildlife. All events are weather also enjoy free music while dependent and may be cancelled due displaying their costumes and enjoy to rain. For inquiries about crafts from local vendors. The cancellations, call listed staff. Woofstock Dog Show will run from All Solano Trust events can be found June 6 through June 9 at the Solano at their website, available here. For County Fairgrounds from 8:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. To learn more, click land locations and related information, here click here. Empress Theater Inaugural Long Term Survivors Night - Events June 7 M.O.V.E.S. Dance Academy Spring Showcase - June 8 On June 7, the Solano AIDS coalition will be hosting the inaugural Long Term Survivor Night dinner, where guests will share their diverse stories of survival and loss. While the dinner will serve as an On June 15, Making Our Vision Even opportunity for Stronger (M.O.V.E.S.) will be survivors to connect, showcasing students' work at the the dinner will also Empress Theater starting at 6:30 serve as an p.m., where students will showcase opportunity to remind others about the importance of prevention. Key their rendition of the long time running storytellers include survivors, families of lost ones, and medical workers late night show "It's Showtime at the who have been at the front lines. The Mexican dinner sponsored by Apollo." The variety show will include Jalapenos Restaurant will be held at the Vallejo Naval and Historical acrobatics, locking, magic show, Museum from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and will include drinks a silent puppet show, comedy and more, put auction. Admission for this event is a suggested donation of $10. For on and performed by our talented additional information about this event, click here. students at MOVES, along with feature talents of kids in our community. Barkitecture: Mardi Paws Gala & Auction Tickets are available for all ages - June 8 ranging from $15 to $25 depending on seating. To learn more about M.O.V.E.S. Dance Academy, click On June 8, here. For more information about this the Humane event and to purchase tickets online, Society of the click here. North Bay will be hosting Mardi Paws Goin' Goin' Gong Show by VCAF - Gala & June 1 Auction (formerly known as Barkitecture) at the Mare Island Brewing Co. Coal Shed Brewery, where guests will dress up in their finest New Orleans styles and meet adoptable "fur babies" during cocktail hour. Guests will also enjoy a delicious creole dinner provided by League of Chefs, music, live auction, silent auction, designer pet habitats, and a Dessert Dash. On June 1, the Vallejo Community Arts Foundation (VCAF) will be General admission tickets, which includes the buffet, no host bar, and hosting the Goin' Goin' Gong Show at entertainment are available for purchase online for $100. Sponsor table the Empress Theater, where reservations are also available for purchase. All proceeds will benefit the participants will be able to enjoy Humane Society of the North Bay, which provides shelter and compassionate care to animals in need, offers programs that improve traditional and modern acts performed their lives, and strengthens the lifelong commitment between animals by artists, dancers, musicians, and and people. mimes of all ages. This event is open to interested attendees of all ages For more information and to purchase tickets, click here. and admission pricing will benefit VCAF's Youth Summer Arts Camp, where participants will discover and grow in their own visual and Valle Food & Art Walk - June 14 performing arts talents over the summer. Currently, there is an open call for acts for the event and well as sponsorship opportunities. To learn more and to purchase tickets online, click here.

Sweet Plot- June 7

The Vallejo Art Walk and Food Truck Mania by SactoMoFo and in partnership with Cal Maritime Anchor Center, occurs on the second Friday of every month. The event, located in the Downtown Vallejo Arts and Entertainment District, encourages the sale of art and celebrates the growth of artists moving to the area. Most businesses and galleries are located within the central area of the downtown district, and easily accessible by foot. A map of the area highlights stores participating in the art walk. Artists set up and sell art on the sidewalks and indoors. The Vallejo Food and Art Walk will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on June 14. For more information, visit the Vallejo Art Walk website.

Northern California Pirate Festival - June On June 7, Sweet Plot will perform their upbeat and diverse music, which 15 & 16 seamlessly integrates Funk, Soul and Rock & Roll into a sound that is Celebrate the 13th familiar yet uniquely their own at the anniversary of the Northern Empress Theater beginning at 8:00 California Pirate Festival on p.m. Admission for this event begins Father's Day weekend. at $25, with table reservations Featuring over 500 costumed available for purchase. To learn more actors, crafters and about Sweet Plot or to purchase musicians, the California tickets online, click here. Pirate Festival is the largest pirate event in the United V-Town Throw Down- June 8 States. The event is part Mardi Gras, state fair, living history and pirate fanfest for people of all ages. With three stages of continuous entertainment, rows of nautically inspired handcrafts, gourmet foods, micro-brewed beers, and ship-toshore cannon battles, visitors will encounter a large number of characters, from mythical mermaids to British Naval Officers throughout the streets. A special children's area with a 30-foot slide, zip line, Children's School of Piracy, Treasure Hunts, and Costume Contests will also be featured at this event. The Northern California Pirate Festival will begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at 6:00 p.m. and will be held at the Vallejo Waterfront Park, 298 Mare Island Way. Tickets are available online for $12 for one day or $20 for the weekend pass. Children 12 and under may enter for free. This event. For additional information, click here.

Vallejo's 31st Annual Juneteenth Celebration - June 15

The African-American Family Reunion On June 8, Vallejo PAL Boxing Gym Committee and the will be hosting the "V-Town Throw Greater Vallejo Down" at the Empress Theater Recreation District where amateur boxers from all over presents the 31st the Bay Area will compete in the ring Annual Vallejo for the Vallejo belt. Councilmember Juneteenth Celebration Hakeem Brown will be MC for this on June 15. Juneteenth special event. Admission for this is a national observance event range from $20 to $100, marking the depending on seating. For more emancipation of the last information about pricing and to African American slaves purchase a ticket online, click here. in the . It also celebrates positive contributions of African Americans nationally and locally, promotes cultural connections, and Lucky Stiff- June 21 through 23 creates an opportunity to build strong communities through access to health services and educational resources.

Juneteenth will be held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, directly behind JFK Library, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. full with live entertainment, food vendors, children's activities, informational booths, and much more. To learn more about Juneteenth, click here.

Solano County Fair - June 27 through Based on the novel, "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo by June 30 Michael Butterworth," Lucky Stiff is an offbeat and hilarious murder mystery farce, complete with The Solano County Fair will be mistaken identities, six million bucks th celebrating its 70 annual in diamonds and a corpse in a county fair on June 27 through wheelchair. Written by a Tony Award- June 30 at the Solano County winning writing team and premiered Fairgrounds. The Solano Off-Broadway at Playwrights County Fair Association (SCFA) Horizons, Lucky Stiff will leave the has provided educational, audience dying of laughter. From cultural, artistic, commercial, June 21 through June 23, Bay Area and recreational programs to the Stage Productions will be presenting residents of Solano County. Lucky Stiff at the Empress Theater. With the missions of ensuring Admission begins at $25. For more positive experiences for the information about this event or to public, the SCFA provides a year purchase tickets online, click here. round venue to showcase and celebrate a wide variety of 10th Annual Music Medicine resources and activities available to all. Benefit Concert- June 29 Each year, SCFA hosts the Solano County Fair, where an array of products including arts and crafts, food, livestock, and handlooms are showcased. Though the event is more than a month away, online entries for most categories including fine arts, floriculture, livestock, and more will be open until May 31. To view open categories and to submit an entry, click here. For more information about the Solano County Fair Association, click here.

On June 29, Mickel London will Dillon Bread Pop-Ups - June 13 & 27 present the 10th annual Music Medicine Benefit Concert where Dillon Bread Company will guests will enjoy music from artists return June 13 and 27 to including Maxine Jones, C.C. Carters, host a PopUp event from Niecey LinvingSingle, and many 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. more. The concert, which will be held located at 451 Ryder at the Empress Theater, beginning Street. The PopUp will offer at 7:30 p.m. will benefit USCF Benioff pastries, breads, gourmet Children's Hospital Oakland. General pizzas, vegetarian and admission tickets are available for vegan chocolates, caramels online purchase for $35. For more and much more. Throughout information about this event or to the year, the family-owned purchase tickets, click here. bakery hosts PopUp events to help support small Vallejo businesses, and continue their tradition of providing quality baked goods created Farmers Market - Every locally. Dillon Bread Company typically posts menus and pre-order information the Thursday before each PopUp, which can be viewed on Saturday their Facebook page. Menus often feature rolls, breads, casseroles, cookies, and other treats. Vegan options are available. For more information about Dillon Bread Company events, visit their Facebook page, here.

New Dawn Vallejo Corporation Summer Programs

Summer of Success Youth Enrichment Camp - Registration Open thru June 14

In efforts to improve the high school dropout rates across Vallejo, New Dawn Vallejo will be hosting its Summer of Success Youth Enrichment Camp, which allows students to remain The Pacific Coast Farmer's Market active, explore Association continues to offer Vallejo interests, and build residents a great selection of local interpersonal skills greens, fruits, veggies, ethnic during the summer varieties, as well as some specialty months. booths with baked goods, and handmade soaps and other goodies. The Summer of Success Youth Enrichment Camp is a two-week camp At the farmer's market, shoppers can held during the 2nd week of July from the hours of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. enjoy live music, prepared food, fresh where they students are taught academics, life skills, sports, creative cut flowers, and freshly caught arts, career and writing skill development. seafood. The farmer's market offers the freshest produce direct from the From now through June 14, New Dawn Vallejo Corporation will be fields and orchards of California's receiving applications for 2019 cohort. While this program is free for all family farms. The market is open participants, space is limited. To learn more about this program and to every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 download the student application, click here. p.m. For more information, click here.

Community Coffee Tasting - Every Saturday

iBall Vallejo - June 22 thru July 28 Sample over 30 varieties of fresh roasted coffee, browse crafts from For the sixth year in a row, the New Dawn Vallejo Corporation, along local artisans, and listen to local with the Vallejo Police and Fire Departments, Vallejo City Unified musicians during Moschetti Coffee's School District, and other City and county agencies, present Community Coffee Tasting event. iBallVALLEJO. The program is an opportunity for Vallejo youth to Coffee has many complex flavors, and participate in activities during the summer nights. Youth participants are subtle differences can be tasted when given the chance to play sports and engage with leading community compared side-by-side. At the members in dialogues regarding their health, careers, law enforcement, tastings, participants can learn about and much more. iBallVALLEJO also provides a safe environment for acidity levels, try coffee brewing in the youth, and works to build their self-esteem, confidence and aeropress or simply have an interpersonal skills. espresso. Tasters can also talk with the staff about the different roasts or iBallVALLEJO will start June 21 and be held on Friday and Saturday how to prepare certain beverages. nights from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. until July 27 at Vallejo High School, Moschetti Coffee is located at 11 located at 840 Nebraska Street. The program will not be held on July 5 Sixth Street, and the tasting event is and 6. Applications for participation are available for download, here. every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Moschetti Coffee is also open for retail sales. For more information, CSU Summer Bridge Math Institute - June 24 thru July 26 click here.

During the summer, New Dawn Vallejo Corporation will offer a California State University Bakersfield Summer Bridge Math Institute (SBMI) incoming 6th through 9th grade students as well as rising 10th and 11th grade students. The goal of this summer program is to help prepare students for high school mathematics and college requirements in mathematics, while providing them the opportunity to share in the African American community's tradition of excellence and accomplishment.

SBMI is designed for Middle School and High School students who are having difficulties in math or are preparing to take Algebra courses in the Fall. SBMI is accepting applications for this year's cohort through June 3. SBMI will be held from June 24 through July 26 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Fridays at the Solano Community College Vallejo Center. To learn more about this program and to download the student application, click here.

All applications can be submitted to New Dawn Vallejo Corporation by mail to 1855 Florida Street, Vallejo, CA or by email to [email protected]. For additional information, call (707) 648- 1342. Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum Family Free Day - June 15

Located in Vallejo's old City Hall, the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum preserves and exhibits the diverse and exciting history of the City of Vallejo and the former U.S. Naval Shipyard at Mare Island. The museum maintains five galleries with over 250,000 square feet of exhibits. On the third Saturday of every month, admission is free all day from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. To learn more about the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, click here.

Mare Island Half Marathon 10k and 5k- June 30

Sponsored by the Mare Island Brewing Company, this half marathon course will be held from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and take you along the historic naval ship yard on the east side of the island, to the highest point of Mare Island for beautiful views of the Bay, Mt. Diablo, and Mt. Tamalpais. It will then run you down by the Old Admiral housing and out to the Mare Island portion of the San Pablo Bay trail on the western side of the island. Participants will receive a tech shirt and finishers medal. All courses are still going through the approval process and are subject to change. Pre-registration and discounts for the event will be open until June 26. For more information and early registration, click here.

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