The Economic Development Board will perform its annual “housekeeping” Wednesday when members elect a new chairperson and vice chairperson, appoint members to the Business Retention, Expansion and Attraction committee, and approve the panel’s 2015 meeting calendar.
A Benician’s creative journey
Kerry Lee’s first show now on display at library Artist Kerry Lee is getting ready to embark on a new chapter in her life. She will quit the corporate world to focus solely on her art, while teaching classes in Intentional Creativity. Lee’s first solo show, titled “The Many Muses of Kerry Lee — An […]
On their own, and loving it: Artist-run Vallejo Art Walk grows, thrives despite naysayers
Vallejo has enjoyed its own downtown art walk since February. It runs every second Friday of the month, rain or shine. The art walk was begun, and continues to be run, by area artists. And they’re doing it without the help of the city. “A lot of people wanted to wait,” founder and artist Sean […]
DBA fills 4 seats for new year
■ One new member for downtown biz group; Vets Day event ‘couldn’t have been better’ One new person will join the Downtown Benicia Alliance board to fill one of four vacant seats beginning in 2015. Three other seats will be filled by members who agreed to return next year.
New Benicia school board sworn in
New and returning members of the governing board of the Benicia Unified School District took their oaths of office last week, then turned their attention to the next calendar year. With many members of the trustees’ families in the audience along with teachers and administration staff from the different schools, returning Trustees Rosie Switzer and […]
Artists to open up to public
■ Dozens to participate in one of several events in a big art weekend for Benicia Downtown Benicia’s Holiday Open House is Friday, the spark that starts a weekend of artistic happenings in the city, including the annual December Open Studios event in the Arsenal. During the Open House, Benicia Plein Air Gallery and Gallery […]
Lights to go out at downtown city gallery
Gallery 621 will close doors for good this month Gallery 621 opened its doors as a First Street gallery in 2011, providing a venue for well-known and upcoming artists alike. At the end of this month, the gallery will close its doors. A new lease agreement, which was for one year, was the main issue, […]
3 trustees to be sworn in Thursday
The three Benicia Unified School District trustees elected in November, including newcomer Diane Ferrucci, will take the oath of office Thursday, after which the board will have its annual organizational meeting. Rosie Switzer, Peter Morgan and Ferrucci will take the oath in the first part of the meeting, which will then be adjourned for a […]
Museum, Genesis House Christmas tree fundraiser opens Friday
Byron Rosenberger, job coordinator for Genesis House, was putting the finishing touches Tuesday on wooden racks that will hold up the Christmas trees that will be for sale at Benicia Historical Museum beginning Friday. It’s the fifth year of the annual fundraiser that supports both Benicia Historical Museum and Genesis House, a residential treatment facility […]
Board bids farewell to outgoing trustee
The governing board of the Benicia Unified School District on Thursday recognized and said goodbye to outgoing Trustee Steve Messina. Messina, first elected to the board in 2010, lost his re-election bid Nov. 4.