For more information visit www.furryfriendsfoodre.wix.com/hr4p.

By Velma Wilson

Join the Delta Veterans Group, Antioch Police Department and community at a free event to reflect on 9/11. We will never forget the tragedies of 9/11 and to all the men and women who lost their lives. We honor all of our first responders, law enforcement, military personnel and citizens.

Thank you to the new Antioch Everett & Jones BBQ and Chef Cheese for catering the food.

Grace Arms of Antioch, a nonprofit organization, invites you to our annual community fundraiser event, a night of exquisite live entertainment, catered dinners, door prizes, and much more. The event will occur on Saturday, September 10th, at 7:00 pm at the Royal Banquet Hall in Antioch.

Grace Arms aims to raise awareness of our community-based programs and recognize key contributors. The fundraiser will be an outstanding event; individual tickets are $75 each. Note if you can’t attend, please consider making a financial contribution.

You may purchase your tickets from Pastor Smith by contacting him by email at kasmitheph289@gmail.com or by cell at (925) 325-3550.

https://www.gracearmsofantioch.org/elegance for additional information.

Vendor booth space still available!

Join us for the Annual Rivertown Peddlers Faire, Saturday, September 10th, from 9am – 3pm on G and W. 2nd Streets in Antioch‘s historic downtown! The event features over 75 dealers selling vintage goods, antiques, collectibles, re-purposed & handmade items, arts & crafts, live music, food & fun! Free Parking and Entry! While at the Rivertown Peddlers Faire, be sure to visit our Rivertown District antique and collectible stores. These stores will have additional inventory in preparation for the visitors on event day!

Rivertown Shops: Willow Park Mercantile, Bella’s Vintage House, Rivertown Treasure Chest, Shirley’s Closet & Moore

Rivertown Restaurants: Smith’s Landing Seafood Grill, Monica’s Riverview, Solid Rock Café, Chelsea’s, Rick’s on Second, Rivertown Sweets, Guadalajara Taqueria, Tease, Canton City, Taco Tone, La Plazuela, Tony’s Beer Garden,

Vendor Booths: There are four vendor booth spaces still available for rent. For the Vendor Application click, here.

For more information visit www.rivertownpeddlersfaire.com.

It’s not too late to sign up for the Antioch Police Officer’s Associations Poker Tournament Fundraiser for Jax Duggar! Jax is the son of Officer Scott Duggar and has stage 4 kidney disease.

Sign up today at https://antiochpoa.org/news/the-dugger-family-poker-night

Sponsored by City, Hayward-based Fil-Am organization

By Allen D. Payton

The City of Antioch with the Bay Area Background Movement will host a Multicultural Festival in Rivertown Saturday, August 20 from Noon to 7:00 p.m. in Waldie Plaza across W. 2nd Street from City Hall.

The Bay Area Backyard Movement is led by Klarize Bautista and is part of the Fil-Am Bay Area Pop Up organization based in Hayward that has already held two events in Antioch, last year.

“We first started off with Fil-Am Bay Area Pop-Up then we transitioned,” Bautista shared about her organization. “It’s still connected.”

According to their website the Fil-Am Bay Area Pop says, “We are a pop up market based in Hayward, CA and soon expanding to different cities! Giving small businesses a platform and be able to network. As well as bringing the community back together after the pandemic! Always community/collaboration, NEVER competition!”

Asked why they decided to come to Antioch she replied, “my sister-in-law lives there. We did two events, there last year. They were the Backyard Movement. The first one Mayor Lamar (Thorpe) was invited to and Joanne at the Mercantile.”

Asked where they were held, Bautista said, “It was in Tenacity Gym located on Wilbur Avenue. We did an event there in August, last year. The turnout was huge. Then we did another one and we collaborated with Mayor Thorpe and gave out pumpkins.”

Actually, it wasn’t a permitted event,” she stated. “Mayor Thorpe said he would help us find a better and larger location.”

“We kept in contact with Mayor Thorpe,” Bautista continued. “That’s how we met Brad.” (Helfenberger, the city’s Parks and Recreation Director).

“We’re all about diversity,” she said when asked what cultures will be represented. “We will have Thai food, we have Filipino vendors, we have a Mexican vendor, we have Hawai’ian, Samoan vendors.”

About the entertainment Bautista said, “the Chinese dragon will open up the stage for us and walking around with live drumming. Then we will have Tahitian Dancers.”

Asked if they will be from the Tahitian dance studio in Antioch she replied, “I believe they are from Concord. We called people in Antioch, but no one was answering their phones.”

“We will have Egyptian dancers, Filipino Culture dancers and we will also have Cambodian dancers,” Bautista continued.

“We try to highlight as many cultures as we can,” she added.

Helfenberger was asked why the event will include food trucks that will compete with restaurants in the city-designated, Rivertown Dining District, but he did not respond.

For more information visit BAY AREA BACKYARD MOVEMENT | Linktree.