The Alameda Legacy Home Tour takes place from 11 to 5 p.m., this Sunday, Sept. 24. The tour starts, and tickets are available, at Franklin Park, 1432 San Antonio Ave.
The $30 ticket includes a keepsake “Legacy Guidebook” and light refreshments in one of the locations on the tour. Musical performances in tour locations will be provided by students and faculty of the Alameda String Academy.
A special opportunity to help children in Africa receive the food, clothing and shelter they need is coming up this weekend. Trinity Lutheran Church will host an African Art and Crafts Bazaar on Saturday, Sept. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church, located at 1323 Central Ave. at Morton Street. The event will be presented by the Asante Network, an all-volunteer, non-profit, fair-trade organization.
A new art display titled Color Impressions has been hung featuring artists Bonnie Randall Boller and Fine Artist Renee Doty.
Boller, a native Alameda artist, has worked for more than 30 years in ceramics, clay monotype, encaustic painting and altered photography. Doty uses a variety of mediums to create landscapes both real and imagined. Some of her abstract landscapes capture Alameda subjects.
The works of both these women will be displayed at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts’ Satellite Gallery located at Eyewise Optometry from through early 2018.
This is an important time of the year for Alameda’s Jewish community. Temple Israel marks this Saturday with three events. They have a Torah study and “Art for All!” at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 16. Call 522-9355 to confirm the time for the Torah study.
Then, at 8:30 p.m., in anticipation of Rosh Hashanah, there will be a reading of the penitential poems and prayer, the Selichot, followed by nosh and conversation.
In August 2015, we lost two generous Alamedans; and now in August 2017, Alameda has shown how it gives back and remembers by creating a beautiful public space at Krusi Park that is open to all.
Two years ago, Rachel Shahinian, 50, and her daughter, Annika Zinsley, 10, were killed by a driver going the wrong direction on State Highway 120. The Krusi Park Stage & Gathering Space behind Otis Elementary School, where Annika attended school, celebrates the inspiration to live generously that is their legacy — offering a space for performance, gatherings and time outdoors.
