$2.6 million in Richmond Promise Scholarships Awarded

I shook hands with each of 440 Richmond Promise scholarship recipients last night and handed them a certificate of award, worth $6,000 each, for a total of $2,640,000! The Richmond Promise is the highest funded Promise program in the State of California. Thank you to...

Richmond Announces Three New Poets Laureate

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Michele Seville, Arts & Culture Manager 440 Civic Center Plaza, 2nd Floor, Richmond, CA 94804 Michele_seville@ci.richmond.ca.us (510) 620-6952 May 26, 2017 RICHMOND SELECTS THREE NEW POETS LAUREATE FOR 2017-2019 On Wednesday, May 24th the...

Screenings of “Nat Bates For Mayor” Documentary

After mysteriously disappearing from the Internet over a year ago, the documentary film, “Nat Bates for Mayor,” has surfaced again as an entry in the 16th San Francisco Documentary Festival. The film takes an in-depth look at the epic 2014 election in Richmond. There...