2024 05 May Sales Flyer (larger print)
SAVE THE DATE: Spring Wine Price Crush Sale & Grand Wine Tasting
The Spring Wine Price Crush Sale is happening May 19-27, 2024!
Kick off the week at our Grand Wine Tasting at The Annex, 10387 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito on May 19, 2-5pm and then select your favorite wines for a great case discount. Get ready for summer!
Must be 21+ to purchase alcohol or participate in the tasting event.
The Annex Sessions: Barrio Manouche Trio – Wednesday, May 1, 2024
“The Annex Sessions” Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 6-8:30pm will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex)
Barrio Manouche Trio
Javier Jiménez – Guitar and vocals
Luis Jiménez – Percussion and poetry
Ross Howe – Guitar
Founded by the Spanish guitarist and composer Javi Jiménez, Barrio Manouche consists of a singular musical body that combines the instrumentation and signature of Jazz Manouche, Modern Jazz, Flamenco and Latin-American rhythms.
Based in San Francisco, CA the acoustic ensemble performs a repertoire of original
compositions with an emotionally charged sound that is difficult to classify but
instantly recognizable.
Barrio Manouche will join us as a trio, playing some originals and covers, mostly Gypsy jazz, Latin jazz, and Flamenco jazz.
~
The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music Productions.
SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.
Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.
COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES
Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.
TICKETS
Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the registers.
Happy Earth Day 2024!
Happy Earth Day! 🌎 Today, let’s celebrate the incredible planet we call home and reflect on the actions we can take to protect it for generations to come.
The Annex Sessions: Javier Navarrette Latin Jazz Trio – Wednesday, April 24, 2024
“The Annex Sessions” Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 6-8:30pm will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex)
Javier Navarrette’s Latin Jazz Trio
Featuring:
Marco Diaz- piano, trumpet
Anthony Blea- violin, percussion
Javier Navarrette- percussion, vocal
Danceable Latin Jazz music with infectious “Charanga Grooves”!
Marco Diaz
Marco Diaz was born and raised in San Francisco and was introduced to the trumpet in the fourth grade at E.R. Taylor Elementary School. His formal training in both piano and trumpet began at the age of 14. He earned a scholarship from the Community Music Center in San Francisco and began playing professionally at the age of 17 throughout the Bay Area with various Latin Jazz, Salsa, Reggae, and R&B bands. Upon graduating from high school, he continued his studies at San Francisco State University pursing a Bachelor of Arts in Popular Music and a minor in Economics.
In addition to his studies Marco has been influenced by Afro-Cuban music through world renowned musicians, such as, Jesus Diaz, who he played and recorded with for eight years, John Santos, Orestes Vilato, Edgardo Cambon, and Carlos Caro.
Today, Marco is part of the faculty at the Community Music Center in San Francisco and has been a part of the SFJAZZ teaching artist program since 2017. He is an accomplished recording musician who has shared the stage with Grammy Award winning artist, Israel “Cachao” Lopez, Nelson Gonzales, Jimmy Bosch, Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez, Ska Cubano (Europe), Tito Rojas, Nino Segarra, Anthony Cruz, Anthony Blea, Jovino Santos Neto, Joe Santiago, and is an integral member of the John Santos sextet, and the musical director for Bobi Cespedes. Marco has participated in the San Francisco Symphony AIM program since 2000 and currently produces records and performs music throughout the country while also co-leading Vission Latina, an Afro-Caribbean dance band, and director of his own quartet, The Marco Diaz Quartet.
In 2011, Marco Diaz was part of the faculty at Jazz Camp West. He toured the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State with Bobi Cespedes, teaching children and adults the roots of Afro-Cuban music. Marco also performed at the San Francisco, Tanglewood, and Monterey Jazz Festivals, and the Smithsonian Museum with world renowned ethno-musicologist, John Santos and his Sextet. In the Fall,
Marco began his ninth season with the San Francisco Symphony’s AIM (adventures in music) program.
Anthony Blea
Anthony Blea, master violinist, is a veteran performer, composer, and instructor, whose performances have graced the stages, and enriched the musical community of the San Francisco Bay Area for over four decades. Awarded a full scholarship to attend the San Francisco Conservatory of Music at age 11, He would later travel to New York and study at the Manhattan School of Music where he received his Bachelor’s degree, and return to the Bay Area, to receive his Master’s degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
His work in classical and modern music with hallmark musical institutions like The San Francisco Opera Orchestra, and the Bay Chamber Symphony, is made all the more exceptional when viewed alongside his Incredible body of work in the field of Afro Cuban Music, where he has established himself as one of a handful of players in the world, who have actually mastered the subtle and beautiful genre of Charanga music, an amalgam of both European classical music and African rhythms.
Performances with iconic artists like Israel “Cachao” Lopez, Ray Charles, Boz Scaggs and Leonard Bernstein, have garnered him the attention of the press and music lovers alike and earned him a well-deserved reputation as the bay area’s best multi-talented violinist
Having spent more than 30 years perfecting his teaching technique in instruction, solo mentoring, and group/solo clinics, Anthony is an involved and caring teacher, instilling in his students not only a love of established musical forms, but also encouraging experimentation, and their own unique voices, on an instrument that requires the highest level of discipline, and instruction. Most of all, Anthony is known for his good humor, warmth, and lifelong love of the instrument that has shaped and defined his life.
The Violin. Instrument of joy.
Javier Navarrette
Javier Navarrette is a professional percussionist, musician, composer, arranger and educator living in Oakland, California, specializing in Afro-Caribbean music. Javier’s performance and recording career spans over three decades. He has played and studied with many of the greats in the Afro-Latin music tradition and has recorded on three Grammy-nominated albums with John Santos and the Machete Ensemble/ Folklorico Kindembo.
Javier teaches music in public/private schools and in adult workshops. For the past 10 years, Javier has been teaching with Living Jazz Children’s Music Project in the Oakland public schools and at the summer Jam Camp for Children.
Amongst Javier’s groups are Javier Navarrette’s Latin Jazz Trio and Javier Navarrette’s Socially Distant Friends.
In 2021-22, coming out of the pandemic, Javier produced Modúpue Sundays with Arts at the Basin, Brooklyn Basin, Oakland. He currently produces the Neighborhood Sessions at The Annex in El Cerrito, and a pilot program at the Alameda Radium Runway Project, presenting the Bay Area’s legendary musicians in the Afro-Latin music tradition.
~
The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music Productions.
SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.
Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.
COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES
Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.
TICKETS
Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the registers.
The Annex Sessions: Classical Revolution San Pablo Quartet – Wednesday, April 17, 2024
“The Annex Sessions” Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 6-8:30pm will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex)
Classical Revolution San Pablo String Quartet
Jeremy Cohen violin
Anthony Blea violin
Charith Premawardhana viola
Joel Cohen cello
Classical Revolution was founded in the fall of 2006 with the goal of making classical music more relevant in our neighborhoods and communities.
After a successful first year of weekly shows at Revolution Cafe in San Francisco’s Mission District, the organization began to receive invitations to perform at other local venues including the Red Poppy Art House, the Legion of Honor, and Yoshi’s SF.
In its 10th anniversary year, Classical Revolution undertook a cycle of Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies, performed at venues around San Francisco including the de Young Museum, Fort Mason’s Cowell Theater, and a performance of the 9th Symphony at Grace Cathedral in front of a 1000 person audience.
Press articles from the New York Times, Strings Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and The Economist brought wider attention to Classical Revolution’s efforts.
As interest grew outside of San Francisco, the network of chapters began to develop, with over 40 cities hosting regular Classical Revolution around the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, as well as Indonesia, Argentina, South Korea, and Japan.
Over 1200 musicians have performed at more than 1500 Classical Revolution events in over 150 different venues in the Bay Area alone. Audiences enjoy the accessibility of the venues and the fun laid back approach, as well as the diversity and quality in programming. In San Francisco, Classical Revolution hosts regular events at Mission District venues as well as guest appearances around the Bay Area.
https://www.classicalrevolution.org/
~
The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music Productions.
SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.
Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.
COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES
Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.
TICKETS
Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the registers.
Mini-Wine Tasting: Viano Vineyards Thursday, April 18, 2024
Mini-Wine Tasting Thursday, April 18, 2024 from 5pm-6pm at The Annex, 10387 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito.
Come meet Michael Viano, the winemaker of Viano Vineyards in Martinez, CA. He will be discussing his family’s wines and have several available for tasting.
Viano’s century-old vineyard is nestled on hillsides surrounding a fertile little valley where cooling breezes from the Carquinez Straits provide the necessary balance of heat and coolness. Here in our valley, we have a proven combination of ideal soil and climatic conditions favorable for growing premium wine grapes. Included are Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, French Columbard, Muscat Canelli, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay, Petite Sirah, Sangiovese and Zinfandel.
This Family Estate, now in its 4th and 5th generations, was founded by the Viano family in 1920. They purchased the already planted vineyard which was established in 1888. It reminded them of their vineyards in Piedmont, Italy. This area, once so rich in grapes, was named Vine Hill and home to more than 15 wineries.
Some of the original vines still remain while the balance of the vineyard has been expanded and replanted to keep up with new world tastes and desires. Using the most natural, cultural practices possible, combined with traditional winemaking techniques, which includes natural yeast and aging in small oak cooperage, they bring you these fine handcrafted wines.
You must be 21+ to participate in wine tastings. There is a $5 tasting fee.
The Annex Sessions: Maestro Jorge Alabê & Friends – Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 6-8:30pm will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex) – “The Annex Sessions”
Maestro Jorge Alabê & Friends
Maestro Jorge Alabê – surdo, vocals and persussion
Catia Machado-Lund – vocals and percussion
Brian Moran – cavaquinho and vocals
Abel Damasceno – percussion
Brian Rice – pandeiro
Samba Pagode! Beautiful, danceable, sing along and feel-good!
World-class Brazilian percussionist Jorge Alabê brings the rich musical culture of Brazil to the U.S. as a performing artist and master teacher.
His deep history and skill developed as he grew up playing Afro-Brazilian and samba rhythms in Rio de Janeiro, and took him around the world as director of percussion with the legendary performing company Oba Oba. Jorge is an acknowledged percussion master, and a popular and dedicated performer and teacher now based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Maestro Jorge Alabê
Master drummer Jorge Alabê grew up in Rio de Janeiro immersed in the rich musical culture of Brazil, becoming a master in samba percussion as well as in the Afro-Brazilian religious tradition of candomblé. He is an “Alabê” connected with the oldest candomblé house established in Brazil, Casa Branca; the title of “Alabê” means that he has obtained the highest level in drumming and leading of rituals in the candomblé religion and signifies deep experience and authority. Jorge played percussion with the highest level samba groups in Rio and was the rhythm director of Minas Gerais Samba School in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has performed in recordings with Brazilian stars Milton Nascimento and Martinho da Vila and appeared on Globo TV in Brazil during 1978–1980 on the entertainment program Brasil Pandeiro.
He went on to become percussion director of the internationally known Brazilian performing group Oba Oba in 1980. During 15 years working with Oba Oba, Jorge toured with the group through Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States, including three runs at the Marquis Theater on Broadway in New York. Since 1993, Jorge has conducted workshops on samba and candomblé in the U.S.
Jorge moved to New Orleans in 1996, where he presented a series of workshops on traditional Afro-Brazilian religious drumming and dance, gave workshops in Brazilian rhythms at local universities (Tulane, Loyola, Southern universities, and various elementary schools), and worked with community organizations during Black History month. During his time in New Orleans, he worked closely with the cultural group Casa Samba, under the direction of Curtis Pierre, and built the musical and performance skills of the group, including artistic direction of their yearly participation in Mardi Gras and the New Orleans Jazz Festival and their performances throughout the year. In addition, he worked on the development of an after-school cultural arts program at Eden Park Elementary School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and for four years, 1995–1999, taught Afro-Brazilian culture for the New Orleans Recreation Department’s Teen Camp summer program, with Young Audiences, and was honored by the mayor of New Orleans for his contributions.
Since moving to the U.S., Jorge has given frequent workshops at schools and universities, and with student groups around the country, including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Austin, and San Antonio. In 2005, he taught for the fall semester as a visiting artist in the Department of Music at the University of Richmond. He has been the samba director of California Brazil Camp since 1997. Currently, Jorge is based in the San Francisco area and directs the samba group Grupo Samba Rio. He is developing musical and educational projects locally, while continuing to travel throughout the U.S. to perform and conduct workshops.
https://www.jorgealabe.com/index.html
~
The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music Productions.
SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.
Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.
COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES
Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.
TICKETS
Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the registers.
April 2024 Sales Flyer
2024 04 April Sales Flyer (large print)
New Everyday Program!
You may notice some new signs on shelves throughout the store, and we want to make sure you know what they mean.
The Everyday signs showcase staples at everyday low prices. You can count on these high-quality essentials at an affordable price that means you can get them, well … every day if you want to! This program is one part of our broader efforts to make sure good food is accessible to all. With organic and non-GMO options, these are items you can feel good about buying and eating.
We know that eating healthy foods can sometimes feel like a luxury – especially if you’re on a tight budget. But with Everyday, you can shop with confidence, knowing that you’re getting the best value for your money. We believe that healthy eating should be accessible to everyone, and we’re committed to making that a reality.
Taking part in the Cadia Everyday Program allows us to offer even lower prices to our customers on select Cadia items. We have lowered the prices on 95 Cadia items throughout the stores. Each item will be signed at the shelf to let shoppers know it’s an everyday deal. These prices will not change for at least three months. After three months, our suppliers may adjust some as necessary and then another three-month cycle will begin.
So why wait? Head to our stores today and start saving on all your grocery essentials. From frozen fruits and vegetables to snacks and pantry staples, we’ve got everything you need to eat well and feel great – at prices you’ll love.
At The Natural Grocery Company, we’re passionate about natural and organic food, and we’re excited to help you make healthy eating a part of your everyday routine. So come on in, shop around, and enjoy the benefits of new Everyday Program. We can’t wait to see you!