This week’s roundup focuses on Women’s History Month, from an event about women working in space science to women creating empowering music anthems. There’s also the return of skating at Liberation Park, an exhibit about Black migration stories, and Oakland Feather River Camp’s 100th anniversary gala.
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Sad Girls Club Vinyl Experience
Opened in late 2021, Baba’s House on 15th Street in downtown Oakland serves hungry people and those looking for fun things around town. The venue has it all: DJ nights, karaoke, nights to play the Chinese tile game Mahjong, and this Friday, a night to listen to empowering music from Beyonce, Solange, and Kali Uchis, all on vinyl. The organizers call it “a series that focuses on mental health, emotional releases, and all the feelz.”
Friday, March 15, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., $30-$45, 410 15th St.
Space for Her at Chabot Space and Science Center
In the next few years, NASA plans to launch multiple crewed missions to the moon, including a 2026 expedition that, if all goes well, will land the first woman on the lunar surface. But women have been making strides at NASA for generations. Pearl I. Young became NASA’s first female physicist in 1922. Katherine Goble Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson were African American mathematicians who worked at NASA during the Space Race. Dr. Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, and Katya Echazarreta was the first Mexican-born astronaut to go to space. This weekend, Chabot Space & Science Center is celebrating Women’s History Month with an event to hear from women working in space science today.
Saturday, March 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., free for members, $10-$12, 10000 Skyline Blvd.
Town Treasures: Black Migrations Stories
Camron Stanford House Museum is exhibiting Town Treasures: Black Migration Stories through April 5. It features the stories of Black elders and their migration tales from the south to Oakland, including the family story of three-time Grammy-award-winning Fantastic Negrito. This weekend, there will be live readings by the storytellers and elders featured in the exhibit, including that of Allen Goodlow, the father of West Oakland’s artist Rashida Chase.
Saturday, March 16, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., free to attend, RSVP online, 1418 Lakeside Dr.
Oakland Feather River Camp 100th anniversary gala
Oakland Feather River Camp, the popular summer activity started in 1924 by the City of Oakland’s Parks & Recreation Department, celebrates 100 years of helping families enjoy nature at its campgrounds located at Quincy in Plumas National Forest, about a five-hour drive northeast of Oakland. Running the camp and providing scholarships isn’t cheap. To help with Feather River’s fundraising efforts, the camp will host its yearly gala with dinner, drinks, live entertainment, auctions, and more at Scott’s in Jack London Square.
Saturday, March 16, 5 p.m., $150, The Pavilion at Scott’s, Jack London Square, 2 Broadway
Sunday Community Skate at Liberation Park
After a brief hiatus, the Black Cultural Zone’s skate events at Liberation Park are back. The new season kicks off this weekend (weather permitting). Originally opened in 2021, the skating rink was launched to reinvigorate that side of the former Eastmont Mall with events to promote Oakland’s Black culture.
Sunday, March 17, 3 p.m., $5, 7101 Foothill Blvd.
The Carriage House Salon Series at the Pardee Home Museum, scheduled for Sunday, March 17, has been postponed.
