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Category: Events

Posted inArts & Community

This week in Oakland: Glowfari at the zoo, Latin and R&B nights at Elbo Room

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Nov. 21, 2023, 1:59 p.m.Nov. 21, 2023, 1:59 p.m.

Other events include Cohen-Bray House tours, the High Street Coalition trash pick-up, and last call at Ale Industries.

Posted inArts & Community

From busking to brewery gigs: Meet Oakland’s ‘Six String Mixtape’

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Nov. 16, 2023, 12:58 p.m.Nov. 16, 2023, 2:32 p.m.

Childhood friends Brian Evans and Phil Devencenzi have turned their casual pandemic jam sessions into a blossoming musical career.

Posted inArts & Community

This week in Oakland: An homage to local female ‘change makers,’ and the Piedmont Gardens jewelry sale

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Nov. 14, 2023, 4:00 p.m.Nov. 14, 2023, 4:47 p.m.

Other events include filmmaker karaoke at Thee Stork Club, a community gun buyback, and a screening of Misty Copeland’s ‘Flower.’

Posted inArts & Community

This week in Oakland: The Hip Hop Nutcracker and Diwali

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Nov. 6, 2023, 4:11 p.m.Nov. 6, 2023, 4:13 p.m.

Other events include Instant Band, the MARCHÉ holiday marketplace, and ‘Unity in Giving’ dinner at Parche.

Posted inNosh Features

Elbo Room in Oakland’s Jack London is back

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Nov. 3, 2023, 12:25 p.m.Nov. 3, 2023, 12:26 p.m.

Under new ownership, the punk rock music will continue upstairs, with DJs, sports games on the screen, and specialty cocktails downstairs.

Posted inArts & Community

This week in Oakland: Luna Mexicana at the Paramount and EOYDC’s 19th Annual Golf Tournament

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Oct. 31, 2023, 4:10 p.m.Oct. 31, 2023, 4:15 p.m.

Other events include mural painting in Cleveland Heights/Ivy Hill, a conversation with author Michael Levitin, and Stephen Sanchez at the Fox Theater.

Posted inArts & Community

This week in Oakland: Halloween and Day of the Dead

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Oct. 24, 2023, 4:50 p.m.Oct. 26, 2023, 1:01 a.m.

Dance parties, a dog costume contest, parades, altar exhibits, and more.

Several rows of green California native plants and seedlings in a small nursery
Posted inHealth & Environment

Friends of Sausal Creek’s annual native plant sale marks a recovery

Avatar photo by Callie Rhoades Oct. 24, 2023, 3:00 p.m.Oct. 25, 2023, 11:34 a.m.

The environmental restoration group invites the public to celebrate its resilience in the wake of vandalism that damaged thousands of plants earlier this year.

Posted inArts & Community

Oakland First Fridays temporarily canceled from January to March 2024

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Oct. 24, 2023, 12:44 p.m.Oct. 24, 2023, 1:11 p.m.

Higher production costs, fewer vendors, and unpredictable weather have hurt the street fair’s finances.

Posted inArts & Community

This week in Oakland: Juvenile at the Fox, Día de los Muertos at OMCA

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Oct. 17, 2023, 4:02 p.m.Oct. 18, 2023, 10:00 a.m.

Other events include live music and trivia at Drake’s Dealership, ‘Intergalactic’ at East Side Arts Alliance, and Dimensions Dance Theater’s 50th anniversary.

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Five festive days of events—’Oakland Style’—launch Oct. 18

Sponsored by Visit Oakland Oct. 17, 2023, 9:00 a.m.Oct. 17, 2023, 9:18 a.m.

Fashion, cuisine, the arts and more are celebrated around The Town.

Posted inArts & Community

Oakland’s Piedmont Avenue Pumpkin Patch has been providing Halloween fun since 1996

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Oct. 13, 2023, 12:00 p.m.Oct. 17, 2023, 11:53 a.m.

No need to go far to find decor, different pumpkins and a haunted house.

Posted inArts & Community

Oakland Symphony celebrates its 90th anniversary, and soon, a permanent conductor

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Oct. 11, 2023, 2:56 p.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 4:08 p.m.

The new season kicking off Oct. 13 features a slate of mostly women guest-conductors.

People inside a bar gathered around a small move screen.
Posted inArts & Community

This week in Oakland: Drunken Film Fest, ‘Taste of Italy’ at Rockridge Market Hall

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Oct. 10, 2023, 4:00 p.m.Oct. 17, 2023, 11:49 a.m.

Other events include a Halloween selfie experience at Jack London Square, the Oakland Heritage Alliance’s annual awards, and a free hazardous waste drop-off.

Posted inArts & Community

Celebrate the ‘Sounds of Oakland’ Sunday at Berkeley’s Black Rep theater

by Andrew Gilbert Oct. 6, 2023, 9:31 a.m.Oct. 6, 2023, 9:31 a.m.

Presented by Oakland musician and producer Paul Tillman Smith’s Chump Change Records, the new album gathers foundational East Bay R&B, soul and funk players — many of whom will perform this weekend in Berkeley.

Posted inNosh

At an Oakland church, Armenians have been keeping their culture alive for 100 years

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Oct. 5, 2023, 4:46 p.m.Oct. 5, 2023, 4:47 p.m.

Parishioners at St. Vartan Apostolic Church will host the 68th annual Armenian Food Festival this weekend.

A group of people peer into a shallow pool of water under a canopy of green trees.
Posted inHealth & Environment

Fall environmental events in Oakland and the East Bay

Avatar photo by Callie Rhoades Oct. 4, 2023, 4:19 p.m.Oct. 23, 2023, 2:06 p.m.

Help clean up your favorite park. Learn more about cool critters. Hike a new trail.

Posted inArts & Community

This week in Oakland: Malaquías Montoya exhibit at OMCA, Halloween movies at Lake Merritt

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Oct. 3, 2023, 2:00 p.m.Oct. 3, 2023, 1:46 p.m.

Other events include a ceremonial walk in Laurel, and an Oakland Public Library discussion with astronomer Andrew Fraknoi.

Posted inArts & Community

This week in Oakland: Oaktoberfest, a Roberts Pool preview, and a panel on book bans

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Sept. 26, 2023, 3:44 p.m.Sept. 27, 2023, 1:54 p.m.

Other events ‘The Gun Next Door’ photo exhibit, and a workshop in Temescal for working artists.

Posted inArts & Community

Silent film by renowned ballerina highlights Oakland housing crisis

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla Sept. 25, 2023, 4:54 p.m.Sept. 26, 2023, 6:16 p.m.

Misty Copeland’s ‘Flower’ is screening at the Paramount this Friday.

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