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Vallejo News

June 4, 2015 | Issue #185

In addition to the events listed in this newsletter, please visit artvallejo.org and the Vallejo Convention and Sign-Up for other Visitors Bureau to view other local happenings. City Communications Featured Event: Pista sa Nayon, June 6 The 29th Annual Pista sa Nayon Filipino Festival is back this year with non-stop live entertainment from morning until night on Saturday, June 6. In This Issue Pista sa Nayon is the highlight of Phillipine Culture Month and is celebrated throughout the month of June. Filipinos around the world Pista sa Nayon celebrate June 12 as Philippine Independence Day, when Filipinos first proclaimed their independence from Spain after more than 300 years of colonial rule. Canterbury Tales Lynch Canyon Trail Run Tim Flannery and The Lunatic Fringe Rock, Bach, and Soul 2nd Friday Artwalk, June 12 Military Veteran Seminar Event Art and Concerts in the Park Vallejo Jazz Society Empress Theatre: States of Grace Comedy at the Empress The festivities kick-off with a parade starting at Capitol and Marin Streets at 10:00 a.m., then continues down to the waterfront with two Vallejo's 27th Annual stages, ending at 6:00 p.m. This free festival is for anyone who Juneteenth Celebration wants to sample Philippine cuisine, soak up the Filipino hospitality or Northern Pirate enjoy entertainment for all ages, cultures and ethnicities. For Festival additional information, please visit the Vallejo Pista sa Nayon website. San Francisco Osprey Days 1st and 3rd Sunday Games The Hub's Community Art Party Vallejo Admirals Home Opener, June Poetry by the Bay 5 Il Tabarro by Giocomo Puccini

Wednesday Nights at the Help welcome back the Vallejo Admirals as they take on the Empress in their Home Opener at Wilson Park! First pitch is on Friday, June 5 at 7:05 p.m. General Input & Suggestions admission individual game tickets are $5, premium admission individual game tickets are $10 and children under five are free.

The Vallejo Admirals are a minor league, professional team in the of Clubs. The Admirals play their home games at historic Wilson Park, located at 199 Stewart Street. The Admirals are looking to take home their first Pacific Association Championship in 2015. 1st and 3rd Canterbury Tales at the McCune Sunday Room, June 5, 6 Games, June

Medieval May at the McCune Room features live early-period music 7, 21 and a joust in miniature. There will be medieval ales, mead and wine tasting, nibbles. The Hub Vallejo is hosting Sunday gaming days and is View ancient book and manuscript exhibits, and a puppet/printed expanding the day to theatre production of Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale" by internationally include board games, card acclaimed Magical Moonshine Theatre (known locally for Forbidden games, role-playing games Puppet Cabaret and the Vallejo 4th of July Giant Puppets). There is and more! very limited seating in the McCune Room, so reservations are highly recommended. The Hub will have The event will take place on June 5 at 7:00 p.m. and June 6 at 2:00 Monopoly, Risk, Stratego, p.m. and at 7:00 p.m. Tickets start at $20 and are available online playing cards and the here. For additional information, click here. always wrong and hilarious Cards Against Humanity. Bring whatever games you want to play and have fun 8th Annual Lynch Canyon Trail Run, together as a community. This is a free event, but June 6 donations are welcome, plus soda, snack and coffee are available for On the first Saturday of June, trail runners gather to test themselves purchase. on Lynch Canyon's terrain. Runners experience outstanding views of undulating open space, the Napa Valley, San Francisco Bay, Mt. 1st and 3rd Sunday Games Tamalpais and Mt. Diablo. will be from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Hub Enjoyed by runners from 8 to 80 years old, and first-timers to Vallejo, located at 350 sponsored athletes, the Lynch Canyon Trail Run has something for Georgia Street. everyone. While trail run distances are challenging with a respectable amount of elevation gain, participants are treated to frequent aid stations and cheerful volunteers. The event also includes a free 2.5 mile community hike to encourage everyone to participate and enjoy some of the great outdoor recreation that Solano County has to offer.

Drawing participants from all around Northern California and beyond, this top notch event has earned a reputation for being the perfect combination of "challenge and fun." Event proceeds benefit the The Hub's Solano Land Trust, a non-profit organization that preserves and protects open space in Solano County. For additional information or Community to register, please click here. Art Party, June 4, 18 Tim Flannery and The Lunatic Every 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings, the Hub Vallejo Fringe, June 6 will be having a general art party with painting, sewing, Music man Tim Flannery returns to the Empress Theatre! Tim music, mosaics, sculptures, Flannery is best known as the former third base coach for the World whatever! Champion . It will be informal and a

chance for the Hub-goers He recently joined the Comcast Sports Network as a baseball to hang as a community analyst, but anyone who has seen him in the off-season know he is a and create. Come prolific songwriter and musician. congregate, commune, His music is full of heart, stained converge and create with the grit that only a seasoned collectively! Bring a project, veteran at life could muster. His a song, a snack to share, songs are accounts of poverty, jam, hang out and just talk. troubled minds and war veterans There's no charge for this living in isolation with a few songs event, but if donations are inspired by his life in baseball. To always accepted. Doors date, he has produced 12 albums, open at 6:00 p.m. at the hundreds of songs and more than Hub Vallejo, located at 350 two decades of songwriter soul- Georgia Street. searching.

Flannery's music is bluegrass with a splash of country, and lots of soul. You won't want to miss this show! Tickets are available at a range of prices and seating locations, and can be purchased online here. The show begins at 7:00 p.m. at the historic Empress Theatre, located at 330 Virginia Street.

Rock, Bach, and Soul - Campanelli Poetry by the Children's Choir Concert, June 7 Bay, June 11,

Come listen to the 40-voice Campanelli Children's Choir, led by 25 Artistic Director Matthew Walsh, for their Rock, Bach, and Soul concert. Poetry by the Bay is back this month, with each event This concert series, the Campanelli Children's Choir will perform the including poetry and live music of the Beatles, Bach, Mozart, Ray Charles and many others music. These free events for an eclectic mix of genres. Tickets will be $10 for adults and $5 for are for the community to children at the door. come and enjoy live performances from some of The Rock, Bach, and Soul concert will be on Sunday, June 7 Bay Area's talented beginning at 2:00 p.m. at St. Peter's Chapel, located at 1181 Walnut community and to share Avenue on Mare Island. their thoughts during an open-mic session.

2nd Friday Artwalk, June 12 The sign-up sheet will open at 7:00 p.m. and open-mic performances will begin The Vallejo Art Walk is a monthly event in the Downtown Vallejo Arts around 7:30 p.m. All ages and Entertainment District that celebrates and encourages the are welcome to participate growth of Vallejo's art culture. and the set time on The event supports the sale of performances is limited to art and helps create a bond four minutes. All between the artists and their performances will take community. place at The Hub Vallejo, Most locations are in the central located at 350 Georgia core of the downtown area, and Street. For additional though they are spread out a information call (707) 348- few blocks in each direction, 2008 or email they are accessible by foot. A [email protected]. map of the area highlights participating galleries and other businesses. Artists will be set up on sidewalks as well as indoors. The Vallejo Art Walk takes place from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on the second Friday of every month. For additional information, please visit the Vallejo Art Walk website.

Military Veteran Seminar Event, II Tabarro by June 13 Giocomo Puccini, June The U.S. Military Veteran Family Resource Center (USMVFRC) will 6 through 28 be sponsoring informative seminars for veterans, their families and the community on Saturday, June 13. The Verismo Opera, in partnership with the Mira The presentations will feature a Veteran Administration Outreach Officer presenting information regarding homeless veterans; a short Community Cultural Center video presentation on Veteran Burial Benefits; a representative from (Mira Theatre Guild), is Farmers Insurance presenting information on Auto and Homeowners proud to present Il Tabarro, Insurance; and a representative from the Small Business by Giacomo Puccini. Administration presenting information to those veterans who are Il Tabarro (the Cloak) is a interested in starting a business or those who already own a suspenseful tale of intrigue, business. infidelity and revenge. It involves a love triangle, a The seminars will be from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June barge owner (Michele), his 13 at the U.S. Military Veteran Family Resource Center, located at wife (Giorgetta), and a 1305 Tennessee Street. For additional information, please call 707- dockworker (Luigi) on a 557-1491. hot, sultry Parisian evening on the Seine River. Michele discovers the forbidden romance and ends the opera in a furious rage with Art and Concerts in the Park, June a shocking surprise. 13 The other comic characters such as Frugala, Tinca, The summer concert series "Art and Concerts in the Park" and Talpa, offer some light- sponsored by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District is hearted moments for diversity. Puccini's music back this year with the first concert featuring Self Proclaimed Heroes. uses the evocative setting on the harbor to include One of the most talented and entertaining groups around, Self fluid river images, some fun Proclaimed Heroes provides an outstanding show. They take drinking themes and requests, ranging from The Beatles to the Black Eyed Peas, and are passionate, expansive guaranteed to get spectators up on the dance floor dancing untill the duets and solos. very last beat. The opera performances The two-hour live musical performance also will run at a variety of dates features art displays, including paintings, and times. For the sculptures and other art forms from local artists complete list, click here. for a festive atmosphere. This event is free to the General admission public and will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 tickets are $25, students p.m. at Children's Wonderland Park, located at and seniors are $18, and 360 Glenn Street. children under 12 are $12. For additional information, please call 707-864-5508.

Vallejo Jazz Society Presents Pamela Rose and Wayne De La Cruz, June 14

San Francisco jazz and blues vocalist Pamela Rose channels her life-long affair with the Hammond B-3 organ with the release of a brand new CD, Hammond Organ Party.

Co-produced with B-3 master Wayne De La Cruz, the duo have Wednesday created a rare encounter between a soul-drenched singer and a prodigious B-3 practitioner. Known for her celebration of female Nights at the songwriters Wild Women of Song, Rose shows yet another facet of her musical identity with this delightful new CD and concert. Empress

Tickets for this great evening of jazz are $15 for general admission, and $7.50 for Vallejo Jazz Society members. The concert will be on Wednesday Night Sunday, June 14, beginning at 5:00 p.m. at the Empress Theatre, Ramble, June 3 - located at 330 Virginia Street. The first week's Ramble will feature Volker Strifler, a unique and creative guitarist who's original style Empress Theatre Film Club Presents of Blues/Roots, are innovative explorations into "States of Grace," June 18 rock, jazz, and Latin rhythms. As a longtime Join the Empress Theatre Film Club to watch and discuss great associate of the famous films, this month presenting the award winning documentary "States Ford brothers (Robben, of Grace." Patrick and Mark), Strifler has proven his mettle as a The profound transformation of a Bay Area family lies at the heart of guitarist and singer a long this story about resilience and the healing power of community and time ago and has become spiritual practice. For Dr. Grace increasingly popular on the Dammann, a pioneering AIDS Northern California circuit specialist, a routine commute across and in Europe. the Golden Gate Bridge turned tragic when another driver crashed head on Volker joins the North Bay into her car. All-Star band with Don Bassey on bass and Grace and her family will be at the vocals, Mike Emerson on Empress Theatre screening along keyboards, Matt Silva on with the filmmakers. Get there early guitar, Kevin Frazier on for a meet and greet; then enjoy a saxophone and vocals, and Q&A session after the film. T Moran on drums. Tickets are $9 online here This film screening event will be on or $11 at the door. Thursday, June 19 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the general Soulshine, June 10 - Soul, public, and free for Film Club Funk, and Rhythm and Members. Blues Invitational Pro-Jam with the Groovemasters and Karl Bracy. Karl has one of those voices that Comedy at the Empress, June 19 you remember long after you hear him sing. His Comedy at the Empress is back with this month's installment range seems to have no featuring Larry "Bubbles" Brown. limit and his soul is sure to get inside you while you Brown is a San Francisco based, dead pan, self-deprecating dance the night away. comedian and actor. He has appeared on more than 25 television Karl Bracy will be joining shows, including David Letterman, and will be making another our Groovmasters Wilson appearance this year. He was also in the movie "The Kiterunner." Brooks, Charles Spikes, Lorenzo Hawkins, and Guest star Hannibal Thompson has been acting and making people Timm Walker. Tickets are laugh since he was eight years old. The California native has worked $9 online or $11 and are with such comedy heavyweights as Mark Curry, Sinbad, and Bill available here. Bellamy and has graced the stage at clubs all over the west coast, including L.A.'s historic Comedy Store, San Francisco's Purple Wednesday Night Onion, and the San Jose Improv. Ramble, June 17 - This month's second Ramble Guest star Jonny Eller, known for his in-your-face attitude and features Nancy Wright. brilliant stage presence, has been traveling all over the U.S, bringing Nancy was awarded the funny to stages at clubs and colleges all over the nation. With a solid West Coast Blues Hall of improv background and a quick mind for comedy, Jonny is well Fame "Blues Saxophone known for his impressions and his ability to connect with all kinds of Player of the Year" in 2013. audiences everywhere. In 2014, she toured in Europe, Canada and the This month's show will be hosted by Kenny Carbullido. Tickets are US with Frank Bey (who $17 online or $20 at the door. Comedy at the Empress will be on received multiple Blues Friday, June 19 beginning at 8:00 p.m. Music Award nominations in 2014). She continues to reach out to new blues audiences with her incredible saxophone Vallejo's 27th Annual Juneteenth chops and soulful blues vocals. Celebration, June 20 Recently Wright performed The African American Family Reunion Committee and the Greater with Tommy Castro and the Vallejo Recreation District, in partnership with La Clinica, proudly Painkillers on the present the 27th Annual Vallejo Juneteenth Celebration, coming Legendary Rhythm and Saturday, June 20. Blues Cruise in January 2015 and will tour in 2015 to support the release of Juneteenth is the national Putting Down Roots. Nancy observance of marking Wright joins the North Bay African American freedom All-Stars. Tickets are $9 from slavery in the U.S. It online here celebrates positive or $11 at the door. contributions of African Americans nationally and Hot House Blues, June 24 locally, promotes cultural - Storied Blues veteran connections and is an Frank Bey joins guitar opportunity to build strong master Anthony Paule as communities through access to health services and educational they return for another very resources. special Hot House Blues session with a world-class This year's Juneteenth festivities will be at a new location, City Park, band and acclaimed new located at 425 Alabama Street at Sacramento Street. The CD. Their last show at the celebration commences at 11:00 a.m. and runs until 6:00 p.m. There Empress was epic! Don't will be food vendors, live entertainment, kid's activities, informational miss this one! Tickets are booths and much more! $9 online or $11 at the door and are available here.

Northern California Pirate Festival, June 20, 21 Embrace your inner pirate and set your sails for the 9th Annual Northern California Pirate Festival this Father's Day Weekend, with equal parts Mardi Gras, state fair, living history and pirate fan- fest.

Join the piratical play with pirate encampments, nautically inspired handcrafts, gourmet foods, hearty ales, swimming mermaids and four stages of continuous entertainment. Additionally, be prepared for special shows, contests, a ship-to-shore cannon battle, a dedicated Children's Area featuring a 35-foot slide, special shows, contests and a Children's School of Piracy for the young buccaneers. The Northern California Pirate Festival will be Saturday and Sunday, June 20 and 21 beginning at 11:00 a.m. and running until 6:00 p.m. Enjoy musicians, singers, swordfighters, craftspeople and see Vallejo's waterfront turn into the greatest pirate town since Tortuga. Tickets are available online or in person at The Hub Vallejo and are $10 at the gate, children 11 and under are free! Come out and have a swashbucklin' great time and find everything your pirate heart desires.

3rd Annual San Francisco Bay Osprey Days, June 26 The 3rd Annual San Francisco Bay Osprey Day offers guided hikes, presenters, boat trips, fish tacos, art and photography show.

The San Francisco Bay Osprey Days will take place at the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve. This free event features four guided car tours of nesting sites on the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard cranes and walking tours in the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve.

Enjoy a lunchtime "citizen science" gathering at the Preserve Visitors Center with slide shows featuring images by Eric Dugan and Tim Buckley, as well as an osprey nest viewing boat trip Sunday morning. The event will take place on Friday, June 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. For additional information, visit the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve website.

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