Other events include a virtual Lake Merritt bird walk, and a fathers’ reading circle at the 81st Avenue library.
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This week in Oakland: 90s and 2000s jam at Starline, jazz at Piedmont Piano Company, and metal at Elbo Room
Other events include a Lake Merritt clean-up with the Trash Falcons and drink-and-draw with Oakland Art Library at Crooked City Cider.
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Culture Makers: What would it take for Oakland to become a filmmaking hub?
We’ll be joined on Dec. 15 by award winning filmmakers Benjamin Mulholland, Laura Wagner, and Peter Nicks. Plus musical guest Satya.
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This week in Oakland: Tree planting on Bancroft Ave., Temescal Roots community event, and Pardee House Museum tours
Other events include a virtual rally to support the WNBA coming to Oakland, and a virtual tour and talk about the East Bay’s historic ‘tank houses.’
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This week in Oakland: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ movie premiere and Moxy Hotel theme party
Other events include The Kon-Tiki’s 5th anniversary, Native Comedy Night at Mills/Northeastern, and a Selena tribute at CryBaby.
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This week in Oakland: Day of the Dead at EastSide Arts Alliance and ‘Whiplash’ at OSA
Other events include a book launch for ‘It Takes A Village: Tiny Houses, Big Voices,’ a park renaming to honor Wilma Chan, and new game night at The New Parkway.
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This week in Oakland: Luna Mexicana and 2 Day of the Dead festivals
Plus, our shortlist of Halloween dance parties and other spooky events around town.
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This Oakland Halloween tradition transforms a driveway into a stage for a marionette puppet show
The show has delighted children and adults alike since 2007.
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This week in Oakland: ‘We R Here’ at the New Parkway, Love Life Day at Frank Ogawa Plaza, Pop-Up Magazine at the Paramount
Other events include Day of the Dead at E14 Gallery and the Partners in Preservation Awards at Pardee Home Museum.
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The Bookmark Bookstore in Old Oakland is celebrating its 30th anniversary
The used bookstore was started by the Friends of the Oakland Public Library. Sales proceeds benefit programming at the libraries across town.
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Drunken Film Fest delivers a dozen original films a night in Oakland bars
The festival, now in its fifth year, concludes this Friday at Starline Social Club.
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This week in Oakland: ‘PressPlay,’ ‘Teatro Jornalero,’ and Town Up Sunday Funday at Lake Merritt
Other events include a community document ‘shred day,’ and Halloween piñata-making at the library.
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This week in Oakland: Angela Davis exhibit at OMCA, ‘Khamsa’ at Aggregate, and ‘The F*ggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions’ as cabaret
Other events include a town hall for small business owners and a Halloween costume swap.
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This week in Oakland: Driveway Follies at the Kon-Tiki, author Jasmine Guillory at Sweet July
Fall is officially here—even if the weather continues to fool us with summer-like temperatures—and Halloween is around the corner. So we’ll be highlighting spooky happenings around town beginning this week. Have an event that you’d like to promote on our calendar? You can use the self-submission form anytime by clicking on our homepage’s “Events” tab. […]
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Oakland writer Marcus Gardley puts a modern spin on ‘King Lear’ at Cal Shakes
The Castlemont High alum’s production mirrors Shakespeare’s story, but reimagines it with a 21st-century, modern-verse vocabulary.
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See the Oakland Roots, and support The Oaklandside
You can support our nonprofit newsroom by attending the soccer club’s final game of this season on Oct. 1. Here’s how.
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This week in Oakland: Jingletown Originals at Gray Loft Gallery and a tour of the Cohen Bray House
Other events include Love Letter to Oakland libraries, grand opening of the Bay Area Curling Club, and the closing of the Oakland International Film Fest.
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Cuban piano master Chucho Valdés performs this week at the Paramount Theater
SFJAZZ is bringing the Cuban piano legend to Oakland to perform his new suite, ‘La Creación.’
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‘We Were Hyphy’ documentary makes its hometown debut at Oakland International Film Festival
The festival kicks off Sept. 15 at the Grand Lake Theater.
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This week in Oakland: the return of Hella Gay at Crybaby, and Live in the Laurel
Other events include the 27th annual Creek to Bay Day, the Oakland International Film Festival, and Respect the Crown natural hair festival.