Vallejo News February 28, 2019 | Issue #380 Lunch and Dinner Fundraisers Sign-Up for other City Solano Community College Crab and Shrimp Feed - March 2 Communications Get your tickets now for the third annual Solano In This Issue Community College (SCC) Lunch and Dinner Fundraisers Crab & Shrimp Solano County Library Events Feed on Saturday, March 2, 2019. Birds of Prey Workshop Tickets are $55 Vallejo's Kayak Group and can all be purchased online Senior Roundtable here. At Captain Pet Remembrance Bobs Dive Bar, enjoy the chance to dance to a live band and enjoy micro brews on tap from Heretic Brewing, mixed drinks, and Suisun Obtanuim Works 7th Anniversary Valley Wine. On the Shipwreck Stage, DW Edwards & Lighting Up, Kids N FIlm the soul band will play will play blues, funk, and jazz, lighting up the atmosphere with some grand dancing tunes. Mare Island Cemetery Tours Water-Wise Landscaping Workshops The annual SCC Crab & Shrimp Feed will be an island themed event, so be sure to wear your island or nautical garb and have more Annual Leprechaun Open fun! The feed will be featuring fresh caught Dungeness Crab, extra Up Bay Hiking Club jumbo sized shrimp, plus pasta, salad, and garlic bread. Captain Bob will also be offering a rotisserie chicken dinner option with your Youth AG Day ticket purchase, for those that are not necessarily crab lovers. Inflatable 5K Fun Run Haiti Benefit Dinner - March 2 Verismo Opera Presents Aida Join Brother Helping Brother Mission Ministry celebrate twenty years GVRD Free Sports in the Park of service in Ennory, Haiti, where the organization has helped the Empress Theater Events community build, expand, and manage the Good Shepherd Baptist Church School. On March 2, Brother Helping Brother will be hosting Second Friday Art Walk a Haiti benefit dinner, a fundraising event, that will benefit Good Benefit Concert Shepherd Baptist Church School and help pay for free education, regular meals for students, teacher's salaries, and much more. The Farmers Market evening will include delicious food, information, music, dancing, and Community Coffee Tasting great raffle prizes. The event will take place at the Masonic Temple, Input & Suggestions located at 101 Temple Way, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Ticket donations are $45 and sponsorship opportunities will be available for purchase for $400. To purchase a ticket, click here. For additional GVRD Free Sports in information, call (707) 208-2095. the Park - Every Saturday State of the City of Vallejo - March 6 Every Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to On Wednesday, March 6, Mayor Bob Sampayan will present the 4:00 p.m. at the Wardlaw School State of the City of Vallejo. Sponsored by Medic Ambulance, the Field, the Vallejo Sports and event will be held at the Dan Foley Cultural Center from 11:30 a.m. Adventure Academy, a program to 1:30 p.m. Following the lunch and presentation, which will review funded by the City of Vallejo, will partnerships, public safety, fiscal sustainability, development and provide recreational activities to get growth throughout the City, Greg Nyhoff, City Manager, will join Mayor our youth outdoors. Qualified staff will Sampayan to answer questions from the audience. Click here to view the event flyer or here to view the event video. be teaching kids the basics of basketball, flag football, soccer, and Click here to register and view event details. Registration is $45 per more in a non-competitive person for Vallejo Chamber of Commerce members and $65 per environment. Registration is not person for nonmembers registration is available, now. For more required and the event is open for information, send an email to James Cooper. children in grades K-8. For more information, call (707) 648-5317. Empress Theater Events Curtis Salgado Live - March 2 16th Annual Vallejo Sports Hall of Fame - March 9 The Greater Vallejo Recreation District (GVRD) will host its 16th Annual Vallejo Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony on March 9, beginning at 3:30 p.m. at the Dan Foley Cultural Center. This event celebrates the achievements of past and present Vallejo sport athletes from local Vallejo public schools and colleges. The event will begin with a cocktail and social hour beginning at 3:30 p.m., and will include a catered dinner. Attendees can also participate in a silent auction, and explore the Sports Exhibit Hall throughout the evening. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Vallejo Youth Sports in Vallejo. Adult tickets are on sale now for $55 and tickets for children ages 17 and under will be available for $30. Tickets may be purchased in-person at the GVRD main office or by calling (707) 648-4600. For additional information about the event, click here. Award-winning soul, blues, and R&B vocalist/harmonicist/songwriter Curtis Salgado is a one-of-a-kind 12th Annual Women's History Month Luncheon - March 15 talent who is coming to Vallejo! Curtis will be in the Empress Theatre on In celebration of Women's History Month, the Solano County Library Saturday, March 2, 2019, with tickets Foundation will be holding its 12th Annual Women's History Month for $25, tables for $37.50 (per seat, 4 Luncheon. This year's theme for the luncheon is titled, "Visionary seats per table), and front tables Women: Champions of Peace & Nonviolence." The luncheon will going for $150. Curtis plays his honor women who have led efforts to music to make it as compelling as end war, violence, and injustice while his story. With a career that is now pioneering the use of nonviolence to spanning over forty years, Curtis has change society. gone from co-fronting The Robert Cray Band, to leading his own band Join the Solano County Library (and recording nine solo albums), to Foundation in celebrating women who helping transform John Belushi into make a positive difference in "Joliet" Jake Blues, to touring the communities throughout Solano country with Steve Miller and County. General admission is $40 and Santana, he is a true musical giant. may be purchased online, here. The NPR calls him "a blues icon" with a annual luncheon will be held at the "huge voice." Tickets are $25 online Joseph A. Nelson Community and $30 through the phone/Box Center, located at 611 Village Drive in Office. The doors to the show open Suisun, on March 15 from 11:30 a.m. at 7:00 p.m., with the show starting at to 1:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.. All proceeds will support programs and books about women for Solano County Library and Solano County Library Foundation. For Rush vs. Yes - March 8 more information about the event, click here. A Taste of Italy Pasta Feed - March 23 Friends of Loma Vista Farm will be hosting its annual "A Taste of Italy" pasta feed at the Florence Douglas Senior Center on March 23. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. followed by a no host bar, raffles, and silent auctions. Dinner will begin at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are available in advance for $30 per person and may be purchased online, here. Table reservations and sponsorship opportunities are also available for purchase. Tickets are also available for purchase by email or in- person. For a full list of locations, view the flyer, here. All proceeds will benefit new Animal Habitat projects at Loma Vista Farm. Rush vs. Yes is the battle of two fantastic cover bands being held at International Gala and Auction - March 30 the Empress Theatre. Fred Barchetta Points North, an Serving the senior community in Vallejo for over 40 years, the instrumental progressive rock group Florence Douglas Center (FDC) is a place for residents over the that has released two albums will be age of 50 to recharge, relax, and reconnect with others. In an effort to covering Rush. Yes, will be covered foster and promote programs and services for the charitable, through the epic splendor of Shine educational, social, and recreational needs of persons 50+, FDC will Delirious. named for the brilliant be hosting an International Gala and Auction event where members bassist, Chris Squire, and his of the community will have an opportunity to support the Center and 'schindleria' pseudonym - embraces help raise funds for day-to-day operations. this challenge with passion, love, and a sense of humor. The doors and bar The event, themed "Feast at LeLe," a Hawaiian Luau, will be held at open at 6 for this show, being held on the FDC on March 30, beginning at 6:00 p.m., and will feature cuisine Friday, March 8, with tickets being from local restaurants, a full bar, raffles, a grand silent auction, and sold at $20, tables for $37.50 (per an exciting live auction. Admission for this event is $60 for the seat, 4 seats per table), and front general public and $50 for FDC Members, and includes food and tables going for $150. To buy your beverages. Hawaiian attire is highly encouraged. For additional tickets click here. To learn more information, to make a donation, or to purchase a ticket, click here. about Rush vs. Yes, visit their website. Silent film: The Lost World - March 14 Solano County Library Events McCune Collection - March 8 Join a group of graphic artists that are practicing a wide array of visual media from printmaking to drawing and calligraphy. Participants can bring in work to show off, and will get the chance to work with local artist Noah Dove. Noah teaches free classes during evening sessions. People of all skills and talent levels are invited to build their love of visual arts together.