EL CERRITO
The El Cerrito Lions Club is sponsoring its 30-second annual placing of flags on veterans’ graves on Veterans Day in Sunset View Cemetery at 101 Colusa Ave. in El Cerrito.
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The event will begin, rain or shine, at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 11 with a brief ceremony honoring our veterans. Light refreshments will be served, and the club will furnish flags and cemetery maps. Veterans, community members, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts have participated in past events and are encouraged to attend. Please bring a screwdriver or similar sharp object to assist in placing flags.
The El Cerrito Lions Club is a community service club chartered in 1927. Club projects have included free vision screening for low-income seniors, eyeglass collection for reuse in developing countries, an annual high school student speakers contest and contributions to organizations such as Lions Eye Foundation, Canine Companions and disaster relief. Contact John Anderson at results@johnpanderson.com or 510-222-0633 for more details.
— El Cerrito Lions Club
BERKELEY
Annual Ride Electric event at Harvest Festival set for Oct. 19
Hop on an electric scooter, ride an e-bike, and discover how you can make one or both of these options into your own electric ride at an event designed to make it easier to buy, rent or use one. The seventh annual Ride Electric event at the Harvest Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 19 in the Cedar Rose Basketball Courts at 20 Virginia Gardens in Berkeley.
Attendees can meet local e-bike owners, hear their stories and ask all your questions about life with an electric ride. They can also learn about credits, rebates, grants, and loans that help lower the cost of buying an EV or e-bike. In Berkeley, the power for electric rides most likely already comes from clean energy: all Berkeley residential PG&E customers receive 100% solar and wind energy as their default electricity.
For those considering solar power for their own homes, come to Ride Electric to learn about available discounted solar programs. Street parking is limited. Please consider walking, taking BART to the North Berkeley station, or AC Transit Bus #52. Bike parking is available.
— city of Berkeley
EL CERRITO
City Hall gallery presenting ‘Near and Far’ art exhibition
The city of El Cerrito Arts & Culture Commission is proudly presents the art exhibition “Near and Far,” featuring works by El Cerrito artist Mimi Sheiner.
The exhibit opened Aug. 27 at the El Cerrito City Hall Gallery Space, runs through Dec. 13 and offers a visual journey encompassing imagination, emotion, cultural exploration and a modern take on California Impressionism. This collection features small, jewel-like panels evoking contemplation and memories.
Inspired by California Impressionism and painted in shifting light conditions, Sheiner’s work echoes plein air painters from the past while also offering a fresh perspective. The paintings change in different lighting conditions as contemporary pigments reflect or absorb light differently in reaction to daylight and artificial light.
Sheiner’s paintings slow time down as she contemplates familiar scenes around the Bay Area long enough to paint them and when traveling with her paints. In the exhibit, small maps placed below the paintings help viewers locate where they were created. For more details online, visit el-cerrito.org/95/City-Hall-Gallery-Space.
— city of El Cerrito
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