The third in a series of four Point Richmond Summer Concerts was a rousing success last Friday night with several hundred in attendance to applaud the Featuring El Cerrito High Jazz Ensemble and Doni Harvey. See http://www.pointrichmond.com/prmusic/prmusicpicssep.htm for some great photos courtesy Ellen Gailing.

October 11, 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm The Point Richmond Summer Concert Series presents Hot Fridays featuring Faye Carol & John Turk and the R.L. Johnson Male Chorus from St. John Missionary Baptist Church in a free concert at Baltic Square (behind Starbuck’s). See http://www.pointrichmond.com/prmusic/prmusic.htm.

Check http://www.thebaltic.org/thebaltic/ to find out who is playing at The Baltic Restaurant in Point Richmond on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. This Thursday, September 19, 2002, is a special dinner presentation of Eliza Gilkyson.

Finally, for outdoor concert lovers, there is the Plaza Park Block Group”s Third Annual Concert in the Park in Abraham Braxton Neighborhood Park on Park Plaza Circle, September 22, 2002, 3:00 PM to 6:0 PM, featuring renowned Blues Man Fillmore “Guitar” Slim. The event is a benefit for the Laurel Park Scholarship Fund, admission $7.50 per person. For information, email Myrtle Braxton-Ellington at mbraxtonl@aol.com or phone Carl Hancock at (510) 234-3537.