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COMING EVENTS 2020: April 15, 2020 ![]()        For information, Dave Weinstein, 510-524-1737, davidsweinstein@yahoo.com April 28, 2020 ![]()        For information, Dave Weinstein, 510-524-1737, davidsweinstein@yahoo.com July 12, 2020 ![]()        For information, Dave Weinstein, 510-524-1737, davidsweinstein@yahoo.com PAST EVENTS ![]() ![]()          PUMPSIE GREEN The Man Who Integrated the Boston Red Sox A Tribute with Pete Elman, Arif Khatib, and Nat Bates   Join the society at its annual business meeting as we focus on the great baseball player Pumpsie Green, who was the first African American to play with the Red Sox, in 1959 – 12 years after major league baseball first integrated. Mr. Green, who died in 2019, attended El Cerrito High and later lived in El Cerrito.   Elman is a Bay Area lecturer and writer who knew Mr. Green. Khatib, founder of the Multi-Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame, and Bates, a longtime Richmond councilman and former mayor, were also Green’s friends. The talk will start after a brief business meeting and election of officers.   3 p.m. Sunday, January 26 at the El Cerrito Community Center, 7007 Moeser Lane For information, Dave Weinstein, 510-524-1737, davidsweinstein@yahoo.com
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The El Cerrito Historical Society presents
Joel Selvin, who has “followed Creedence from the Monkey Inn to the Oakland Coliseum” both as a fan and San Francisco Chronicle music critic, will discuss the band’s history, first as the Blue Velvets in El Cerrito, then the Golliwogs, then Creedence
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COMING EVENTS 2018:
![]() _____________________________________________________________________________________ ![]() ____________________________________________________________________________________ ![]() _____________________________________________________________________________________ HILLSIDE FEST Spearheaded by El Cerrito Trail Trekkers and the city’s Environmental Quality Committee. Four programs dealing with El Cerrito history – including its deeper history – takes place early this May as part of the festival.
The Historical Society is one of several organizations that co-sponsor events. The festival is a series of hikes and other events over three days, Friday May 4-Sunday May 7, in and around the Hillside Natural Area. Events are free. A map and full schedule is on the Trail Trekkers website. Historic events include:
Friday, May 4, Noon to 2 p.m. Introduction to the Hillside Nature Area, its history and natural history. Dave Weinstein and Mark Miner. Co-sponsored by the Historical Society. Learn about the quarries, the quarry railroad, the Great Western Power Co., the history of the recycling center, and more. Meet at the Motorcycle Hill trailhead, where Navellier meets Blake Street.
Saturday, May 5, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hillside Natural Area Geology Walk. Co-sponsored by the Northern California Geological Society, leaders Mark Petrofsky and Bill Motzer. Learn about the geological setting of El Cerrito and about the rocks in our city – metamorphic rocks, the Franciscan formation, and faults and landslides. This moderate to strenuous walk will have steep sections. Location Six, Schmidt Lane trailhead.
Saturday, May 5, 2 p.m. Early California Indian Life in the El Cerrito area. Berkeley’s well known historian and author and publisher of RSB books Richard Schwartz will discuss life in El Cerrito before the arrival of Spanish colonists, and about rancho life of the Californios. Meet at the “crossroads,” a spot with breathtaking views. From Location Four, the first, southernmost, trailhead on Regency Court, walk downhill a quarter mile. Signs will direct you.
Sunday, May 6, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. How El Cerrito Saved the Madera Open Space
. A hike led by Dave Weinstein, focusing on how Trail Trekkers, the El Cerrito High Mountain Biking Team, and others united several years ago to successfully preserve this beautiful 8-acre addition to the Hillside Natural Area. Meet at Location Three, Madera Open Space, at the bottom of the stairs between house numbers 1540 and 1560 Madera Circle
. For information about the Hillside Fest and a full schedule, see the Trail Trekkers website.
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El Cerrito’s Hidden History:
The Historical Society will kick off the city’s Centennial Year at its annual meeting Wednesday, January 25 at the Community Center. Learn about the geological setting of El Cerrito and about the rocks in our city – metamorphic rocks, the Franciscan formation, and faults and landslides. Gary Prost is a retired geologist who spent 40 years working for the U.S. Geological Survey, mining and oil companies, and is a member of the Northern California Geological Society.
This will also be the Historical Society’s annual meeting. We will discuss our accomplishments and goals and elect officers. Interested in serving? Let us know!
COMING EVENTS 2017:
EL CERRITO HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Historical Society will kick off the city’s Centennial Year at its annual meeting Wednesday, January 25 at the Community Center. After a short business meeting that starts at 7 p.m., society vice president Dave Weinstein will talk about how El Cerrito moved from “City of Sin to City of Homes.”
While focusing on the gambling and prostitution that once made the city a regional attraction, and on the changes that ensued as reformers and even a few lawmakers stepped in to close up the gambling joints, Dave’s talk will serve as a general introduction to the city’s history. We’ll hear about the first major industry in town to attract out-of-towners. Hint: it had something to do with death. We’ll also learn about why one city just to our south looked to El Cerrito to provide some of the services people in that town wanted to have – only they didn’t want them to be in their town.
____________________________________________________________________________________ Activities and performances include a puppet show by Children’s Fairyland puppeteers, sidewalk chalk art, surf music by the Del Mars, film short by Les Blank, poetry reading by Kirk Lumpkin, street photography workshop, and classical chamber music performances by the KSO Trio and the JCT Trio. Painter Deb Danziger will give an artist’s talk about her solo exhibition in the City Hall Gallery, entitled Beyond & Below, and we’ll have a creative reuse “Make ‘n Take” booth. Local arts and cultural groups with exhibits include Playland Not-At-The-Beach, The Arts & Culture Commission of Contra Costa County, the El Cerrito Historical Society, and the Shadi Holiday Display Committee.
Want to get involved with or volunteer to help out? Are you hosting an arts or cultural event, performance or exhibit in October in El Cerrito that you’d like to have included on the Arts Month web page? Other questions?Call Suzanne Iarla at 510-215-4318. For more information, including tentative times (which will be updated if revised), check out my blog post.
The event is happening Tuesday, October 20th at 7 PM at Rialto Cinemas Cerrito. See below or visit http://www.rosietheriveter.org/news-events/events/item/136-rosietheriveterfilm
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Thursday, July 30, 2015. 7 p.m. City Hall, 10890 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. Free and open to all. Wheelchair accessible.
Historical Society programs include a talk and walk about the history of El Cerrito Parks at 10:30 a.m. by Rich Bartke and a 2:30 walk and talk on early El Cerrito settlers by Tom Panas. Tom will run a historical table from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. near the King Court entrance to the Hillside.
Have you ever wondered who designed the beautiful clubhouse?
Space is limited! If you would like to reserve a place please contact Tom Panas.
The El Cerrito Historical Society presents a:
For Information: Dave Weinstein, 510-524-1737, davidsweinstein@yahoo.com.
Click here for printable flyer of this event
During the business portion of our annual meeting, learn about the Society’s accomplishments and goals, enjoy refreshments, and help elect officers.
Railroads in El Cerrito The right of way where BART runs through El Cerrito was at one time a busy Santa Fe route with many passenger and freight trains scheduled each day. Earlier this right of way had been the California and Nevada Railroad, whose trains first passed through El Cerrito in 1885. It all ended in 1980. Tom Panas will review almost 100 years of freight and passenger railroading in El Cerrito.
During the business portion of our annual meeting, learn about the Society’s accomplishments and goals, enjoy refreshments, and help elect officers.
Free and open to all. Wheelchair accessible. Information: Dave Weinstein, 510-524-1737, davidsweinstein@yahoo.com.
John Marsh, one of the most cantankerous figures in Northern California history, an Indian trader and self professed doctor who fought with the Sioux in the Black Hawk War, settled in Eastern Contra Costa in 1838, prospered – but met an unhappy end. Hear his story and learn about the Marsh House, a stone mansion from 1855 that remains one of the Bay Area’s most astounding buildings, though much in need of repair.
Gene Metz, president of the John Marsh Trust, will talk about the restoration of the Marsh House and about the 4,000-acre Marsh Creek State Park that surrounds it, with newly discovered archeological remains going back 7,000 years. You can find additional information about the John Marsh House by visiting their website: www.johnmarshhouse.com/
Wheelchair accessible. Light refreshments.
Information: Dave Weinstein, 510-524-1737, davidsweinstein@yahoo.com. |
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