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Monica’s Riverview is located on the pier at One I (eye) Street in Antioch’s historic downtown Rivertown. For more information see www.visitmonicas.com.

Entertaining times are returning to the Antioch Historical Museum this June. Recalling the rollicking Roaring Twenties fun time at the pre-Covid “Funeral for a Gangster,” put on by Caught in the Act Theater in September, 2019, the Museum is bringing back the theater with their western themed mystery to solve, “Death Near Dead Man’s Holler.” Ticket holders will gather on Saturday evening at 5:00 until 9:00 p.m., June 17, 2023, in the Museum’s Riverview Room, dressed in their western finest, ready to dine on western BBQ vittles at 6:00, then solve the mystery. A no-host bar will be in the Saloon Room. There will be prizes for the best costumes and best detectives.

The early-bird ticket price of $65 ends June 4, 2023, before going up to $75. Tickets are available through Eventbrite, or by mailing a check for reservations to the Museum, 1500 W. 4th St., Antioch, CA, 94509. For further information, please call the Museum at 925-757-1326.

Purchase tickets on Eventbrite.

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Presented by Bonafide Sisterhood and Antioch Police Department

For more information visit www.bonafidesisterhood.org.

The Drama Factory is super excited to announce that our late Summer / Fall program is in the works. The script is being written and the dates are being submitted so hold onto your hats! To allow for the current recommendations from our Board of Directors – we will no longer be making COVID vaccination mandatory for our actors. You can see our updated policy on our website https://www.dramafactory.org

Auditions are coming up on August 7 th and August 8th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Nick Rodriguez Theatre. Put it on your calendar now so you will be ready to go. Save the Date – because the Fall Halloween production is going to be the Drama Factory event of the year.

Keep your eyes on your in-box for all the details. It’s only a matter of days.

See you there.

The Drama Factory is a 501(c)3 non-profit company and all contributions are tax deductible.

Referred to as the River Town Square on the former Antioch Lumber Company lot

The City of Antioch is excited to announce the development of a new gathering place in downtown Antioch. We invite you to share your vision for the future central attraction of historic Rivertown. This new outdoor public space is uniquely situated along the Sacramento-San Joaquin River. It will benefit our diverse community by fostering a vibrant, thriving downtown.

As previously reported by the Herald, during the Nov. 23, 2021 Antioch City Council meeting, after years of advocating for a park and event center on the former Antioch Lumber Company lot in the city’s historic, downtown Rivertown, former Antioch Mayor Pro Tem Joy Motts and members of the group, Save The Yard, got the go ahead from the city council. All five council members agreed to pursue the idea during their meeting Tuesday night, Nov. 23.

The City’s downtown hasn’t had a large park, but only the smaller Waldie Plaza, since the much larger Barbara Price Marina Park was replaced with the marina boat launch and parking lot in 2012.

The group provided a presentation and proposed it be known as the River Town Square.

Since then, the Rivertown sign was erected across the street across W. 2nd Street at the intersection of E Street.

“We can begin a process for exploring a community gathering space, a green space,” then-City Manager Ron Bernal said at the Nov. 2021 meeting.

That process has finally begun.

Take the survey, here – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JD9NWMJ

For more information, visit https://www.antiochca.gov/recreation/rcs/

Allen D. Payton contributed to this report.

To celebrate Independence Day this  year, sign up today to be part of the City of Antioch’s Annual Fourth of July Celebration and Parade on Saturday ! Schools, residents, and local teams and organizations are all welcome!

Applications are available now at antiochca.gov/recreation/parade-entry-info/.