The National Park Service, USS Iowa and Craneway Pavilion Will Gather in Honor of the 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor at 9:45 AM Wednesday, December

WHO: The National Park Service, USS Iowa and Craneway Pavilion host a special event with a presentation by Faham Zakariaei of the San Francisco Giants and performances by Bay Area band Blame Sally and the Motley Q quartet. Also in attendance will be four real Rosie The Riveters - Betty Soskin, Marian Wynn, Marian Sousa and Priscialla Elder, who worked on the home front during WWII.

WHAT: A remembrance of Pearl Harbor and a special presentation. Announcements will include the official opening dates for The Rosie The Riveter WWII Home Front NHP Visitor Education Center located next to the Craneway Pavilion, and the USS Iowa BB-61 Museum. Both museums will officially open in 2012. An announcement from the San Francisco Giants on their plans to honor the Rosies will take place as well.

There will also be musical performances from the Motley Q quartet and Bay Area Americana band Blame Sally.

WHEN: On the 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day- Wednesday, December 7th at 9:45 AM - approximately the same time the first bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbor is when the presentation will take place. Breakfast will be served at the BoilerHouse Restaurant at the adjacent Craneway Pavilion from 7:45 to 9:15 AM.

WHERE: Breakfast will take place at the BoilerHouse Restaurant (1414 Harbour Way South). The presentation will take place on the deck of the USS Iowa BB-61 docked in Richmond Harbor.

Point Richmond Acoustic presents Legendary Musician/Songwriter Peter Rowan and Big Twang Theory Friday, December 9

Point Richmond Acoustic presents Legendary Musician/Songwriter Peter Rowan and Big Twang Theory Friday, December 9 (Point Richmond - November 9, 2011)

Legendary bluegrass performer Peter Rowan brings his Big Twang Theory to Point Richmond Acoustic on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 8 pm. The concert is held at the historic First Methodist Church of Point Richmond, 201 Martina Avenue. Tickets are $20.

Rowan’s bluegrass credentials are top notch. He’s a former member of the Bluegrass Boys led by Bill Monroe, the undisputed father of bluegrass music. But Rowan is also known for spanning many musical genres - his career includes forays into reggae, folk, Americana and Latino sounds, having played with musicians as diverse as Jerry Garcia, David Grisman and the master of the Mexican accordion, Flaco Jimenez.

His latest band, Peter Rowan’s Big Twang Theory, includes Dobro player Michael Witcher and bassist Paul Knight, both members of the current Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, plus virtuoso electric guitarist Nina Gerber.

Point Richmond Acoustic concert producer Bruce Kaplan says, “We are incredibly fortunate to have Peter Rowan perform for our audience. As a musician myself, Peter Rowan and Nina Gerber are two of my musical heroes, and here they are in one band! Peter has performed for audiences of thousands of people – but we’re going to present him in one of the most intimate venues in the Bay Area. It’s going to be a fantastic show!

Says Rowan, "I have always wanted a band that was rooted in bluegrass, but could add the twang of Hank Williams, Carl Perkins and Buddy Holly. They all absorbed Bill Monroe's bluegrass into honky-tonk and rockabilly. I grew up dancing to that music." "The resonance of acoustic instruments in bluegrass are pure; by adding electric instruments, Big Twang Theory creates a blend of harmonic frequencies that shimmer, like when you play an acoustic guitar at midnight." "Lightening Hopkins, Muddy Water, Howlin’ Wolf, I met them all touring as a Bluegrass Boy with Bill Monroe. To me, the blend has always been there. Old time, acoustic, an electric shimmer, deep lows and bright highs, like stars, crisp and shining in the deep night sky. …Sometimes Bill Monroe would get this far away look in his eyes and he'd talk about this 'other' music that he heard. Its what I hear in Big Twang Theory."Big Twang Theory’s repertoire draws upon Rowan's vast catalogue of original songs and re-imaginings of bluegrass, roots country and blues.

The concert series is sponsored by Point Richmond Music and the First Methodist Church. The church itself is intimate and an acoustic marvel. The 100-year-old church is an octagonal wooden prism that appears to be built by nautical carpenters. It’s like listening to music inside a guitar. Kaplan explains, “Our program is completely non-religious and people of all faiths or no faith are welcome. It’s a friendly no-pressure environment, and even if it’s been a few decades since you have set foot in a church no one is going to bite you. But they might offer you a cookie or cup of coffee. It’s all about the music here!

Visit www.folkunlimited.com for more information on the concert series and www.peter-rowan.com for more information on Peter Rowan.

The December 9 Peter Rowan concert is just 5 days away, and we've had more advance interest in this show than any other we’ve presented to date. We've arranged to sell advanced tickets and we suggest that you secure yours soon, as we are reserving only a limited amount for sales at the door. There are three ways to get advanced tickets:
· Visit Down Home Music at 10341 San Pablo Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804. (510) 525-2129. Down Home is open Thursday through Sunday. Tickets are $20, check (to Radio Rhythm Records) or cash only. Down Home Music is a fantastic record store and well worth the visit!
· Send a check for $20 per ticket, plus a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope to Radio Rhythm Records, 440 Golden Gate Avenue, Richmond CA 94801.
· Use the PayPal button below. It will create a $20 per ticket PayPal payment (plus $2 per ticket handling charge) to me at my personal email address. When you check out, be sure to include your mailing address. I will send you tickets back via USPS. You can also find this button at www.folkunlimited.com.

As I have mentioned before, Peter Rowan is a music legend, the missing link between bluegrass, country, TexMex, reggae and folk. To be able to see him with a fantastic band (including my personal guitar hero, Nina Gerber) in the intimate setting of Point Richmond Acoustic has the making for a night you'll never forget.

While I have your attention, please check out our wonderful January headliner, Hans York. on youtube.

Last but not least, I want to thank our co-sponsors, Point Richmond Music and the First Methodist Church for helping make our concert series happen.

Stay warm, and we'll see you next Friday!
Bruce Kaplan

70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day, Rosie the Riveter World War II/Home Front National Historical Park (NHP) and USS Iowa BB-61 Join Forces

On December 7th 2011 Marking the 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day, Rosie the Riveter World War II/Home Front National Historical Park (NHP) and USS Iowa BB-61 Join Forces to Announce Their Own Formal Historic 2012 Openings and Activities on the Deck

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Both Future Museum and Visitor Center (One Land, One Sea) are currently located on either side of Craneway Pavilion in Historic Ford Assembly Building on the Richmond Waterfront

RICHMOND, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 7, 2011 in honor of the 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day in the morning that the air portion of the attack on Pearl Harbor (Hawaiian time) began, the National Park Service, the Pacific Battleship Center and the Craneway Pavilion will make their own historic announcements (including one from The San Francisco Giants) for their official opening dates next year for The Rosie the Riveter/ WWII Home Front NHP Visitor Education Center and The USS Iowa BB-61 Museum.

The 2012 announcements will be hosted by The Craneway Pavilion onboard the deck of The USS Iowa BB-61 which is currently docked across the street in the Port of Richmond, California. The ceremony will mark the first time that a group of "The Rosie's," VIPs and officials will be on the deck since the battleship was taken out of retirement to be converted into a museum.

The Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front NHP Visitor Education Center (an interactive museum) will be located immediately across from the BoilerHouse Restaurant in its own historic building that is part of the Ford Assembly Building complex, made possible through an arrangement by Orton Development, which owns and operates Craneway Pavilion.

Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park was created in 2000 to preserve and interpret the stories and sites of our nation's home front response to World War II. During World War II, Rosie the Riveter emerged as an iconic cultural symbol of American women across the country rolling up their sleeves to support the war effort. Many of these pioneering "Rosie's" toiled in the historic Ford Assembly Building, site of the new center (as well as the world-class event and production facility Craneway Pavilion). They built 49,000 jeeps, and outfitted tanks, in a re-tooled industrial plant that first opened in 1932 to make Model "A" Fords. Rosie the Riveter has since become a symbol representing the strength and determination of women everywhere striving for equality in all walks of life.

"Rosie the Riveter represents what is great about America: that spunky, adventurous, generous-hearted, and hard-working spirit," Eddie Orton, Orton Development, said. "It has been an honor to work in her environs and to recreate her contribution to American history. We are very excited about the 2012 opening of the National Park Service's Rosie the Riveter Museum and Visitor Center and we invite everyone to come by and share Rosie's inspirational story."

"The Visitor Center and interactive museum will both interpret the national home front movement, and orient visitors to Richmond's influential history from the era," Tom Leatherman, Superintendent, Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historic Park, said. "The Center will feature interactive exhibits and learning experiences. Visitors will see, hear, and reflect on the stories and contributions of courageous home front Americans. They will both tell the local story and link to other representative sites across the country."

Known as "The Big Stick" of the U.S. Navy, the World War II-era battleship, The USS Iowa BB-61 represents the peak of naval military power in an era from Franklin Roosevelt to George H.W. Bush. Currently docked across the street from the Old Ford Motor Plant in Richmond, The Iowa is the last lead battleship of its class. It is one of the biggest, fastest and most powerful battleships ever to sail and serve in combat duty. It is undergoing extensive refurbishment and restoration over the next few months before making its way to her new permanent home at the Port of Los Angeles as a museum.

"This is the world's last battleship's final voyage," said Robert Kent, president of the Pacific Battleship Center, said. "During World War II, the Iowa carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the Atlantic to Casablanca for a crucial 1943 meeting in Tehran with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin. She was transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944 and saw action in the South Pacific also served as the Third Fleet flagship, flying Admiral William F. Halsey's flag at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay."

The Iowa's sister ships are now museums: The Missouri is located at Pearl Harbor; The Wisconsin in Norfolk, Va.; and, The New Jersey, in Camden, N.J. The Navy no longer has battleships in its fleet.

The Pacific Battleship Center

The Pacific Battleship Center is working to bring the USS IOWA back to life as an interactive naval museum experience that honors and illustrates the positive contributions of this renowned ship and its crew at critical moments in American history. Our education programs offer lessons in history, leadership, team-building, character development, and community service. We're honored to do this for the last available U.S. Navy battleship.

Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park

Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, located in the wartime boomtown of Richmond, California, preserves and interprets the stories and places of our nation's home front response to World War II.

The Craneway Pavilion

Once the historic building facility of Rosie the Riveter and tanks used in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, The Craneway Pavilion is a now a world-class and sustainably designed event, concert and production facility centrally located in one of the planet's most iconic destinations. Located on 25 waterfront acres, Craneway Pavilion offers an expansive 45,000 square feet facility in an architecturally significant building dating back to 1932.

For more information:

http://www.craneway.com

http://www.nps.gov/rori

http://www.pacificbattleship.com/