Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park and the Richmond Museum of History Association will present the Fifth Annual WWII Home Front Film Festival on select Thursdays in June, July and August 2013.
Published: June, 2013
WWII Home Front Film Fest in Richmond
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park and the Richmond Museum of History Association will present the Fifth Annual WWII Home Front Film Festival on select Thursdays in June, July and August 2013. The film festival will feature popular, full-length movies that were shown on the home front during the WWII period. Six movies will be screened aboard the SS Red Oak Victory, a beautifully restored ship built in Richmond during World War II. The ship is located in historic Shipyard #3, where thousands of Americans labored to build 747 ships over the course of the war. There is a donation of $5 to board the ship and enjoy ship exhibits prior to the film. Boarding is at 6:30 p.m. and the films begin at 7 p.m.. Visitors must be able to climb gangplank (40 feet of stairs with railings) and steep steps once aboard ship. The first movie, on June 13, is In Which We Serve (1941) starring Noel Coward and John Mills. The address of the ship is 1337 Canal Blvd., Berth 6A, in Richmond. For directions to the shipyard, call (510) 237-2933 or visit www.ssredoakvictory.com.
North Beach Festival Celebrates 15 Years
The popular North Beach Festival returns to San Francisco’s own historic "Little Italy" and the birthplace of the Beat Generation on Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This treasured tradition features two full days of free quality entertainment, live music, Italian street painting, kids’ chalk area, and over 150 booths offering fine arts, crafts, gifts, fabulous food and beverage gardens. Multiple stages will present live music throughout each day with room to groove or simply listen while kicking back. Beautiful, live Italian street painting by local Bay Area artists will take place both days. The festival takes place on Grant Avenue, Columbus and Filbert; Columbus Avenue between Broadway and Green; and Vallejo and Green Streets between Grant Avenue and Columbus. Parking is available at 735 and 766 Vallejo between Stockton and Powell and on Filbert between Columbus and Mason. For more details, including stage line-up and vendors, please visit www.srespoductions.com or call (800) 310-6563. Also on Saturday and Sunday, from 2-3 p.m., enjoy the long-running tradition of the Blessing of the Animals ceremony in the Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo Street.
SF Ethnic Dance Festival Returns
The 2013 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival opens with a free public performance by Ballet Folklorico Netzahualcoyotl (Mexican folkloric from Zacatecas) and Fogo Na Roupa Performing Company (Brazilian Baile Carnavalesco) on Friday, June 7, at noon in the San Francisco City Hall Rotunda. This year also features a special opening night performance honoring French artist Auguste Rodin by Charya Burt Cambodian Dance Saturday, June 8, at the Legion of Honor Museum, 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco. The performance will be followed by a dialogue with Charya Burt and a viewing of the Legion’s Rodin galleries. Thirty-five leading companies and more than 500 dancers and musicians will come together for the month of June to celebrate the 35th Anniversary San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, highlighting the breadth and diversity of the Bay Area’s world dance community. The festival runs June 7 through 30 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and other San Francisco venues. The June 7 performance is free and tickets are $38 for June 8. For more information, visit www.sfethnicdancefestival.org or call (415) 474-3914.
Oakland Celebrates Lake Merritt
Enjoy a fun-packed Sunday on June 9 from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. around Lake Merritt celebrating Oakland’s investment through Measure DD that has transformed the lake. The festive event will enrich three miles of car-free streets with recreation and cultural activities for the entire family. At 2 p.m., join Mayor Jean Quan on the south end of the lake for the grand opening of Lake Merritt Boulevard featuring a beautiful new amphitheater and four-acre park. Enjoy live entertainment by Oakland artists, children’s activities, Oakland food trucks and information booths and photographs highlighting the many transformative projects brought about by Measure DD, the voter-approved bond for Clean Water & Safe Parks. For more information, visit www.oaklavia.org or call (510) 444-CITY.
Explore the Fate of the Universe
On June 27, two physicists, Maria Spiropulu, Ph.D., an experimental physicist from the CERN, and JoAnne Hewett, Ph.D., a theoretical physicist from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, will offer a discussion at the Exploratorium about the prodigious and startling theoretical leaps and the epic experimental program that produced the monumental discovery of the Higgs boson. Part of the Exploratorium’s adults-only Thursday evening hours, the 7:30 p.m. lecture is included with museum admission, and will have limited seating. In the discussion, Spiropulu and Hewett will also explore the implications of what they found for future directions in physics. Beyond shedding light on the way elementary particles acquire mass, understanding the Higgs mechanism will likely push the frontiers of fundamental science towards a greater understanding of our universe.
Picking on the Potomac
The 165-foot long USS Potomac or "floating White House" will be hosting a series of Bluegrass concerts dockside aboard FDR’s former yacht. The June 14 event features Irish country folk band Celtic Heart. The boat will open for tours at 6:30 p.m. and the concert is from 7:30-9:30. Tickets cost $25 with beverages and food, including beer and wine, available for purchase onboard. The USS Potomac is docked in Oakland’s Jack London Square at 540 Water Street right next to the Oakland Ferry Terminal. For tickets visit www.ticketweb.com, or call (510) 627-1215 for more information.
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