Set your alarm clocks for 2 a.m. Tuesday and head to an open field if you can. The next total lunar eclipse won’t be until 2025.
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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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You’re invited to Oaklandside Live, celebrating journalism for the Town
Go behind the scenes with us on Saturday, Nov. 19, with fascinating conversations and great local food and drink.
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‘Powerhouse’ Skyline High volleyball team delivers Oakland Athletic League title
Skyline and Oakland Tech face off again in the CIF Oakland Section championship match Nov. 3 at Fremont High before moving on to the state tournament.
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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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Photos: Oakland celebrates Día de los Muertos in Fruitvale
Thousands gathered on International Boulevard to revel in a day of altar-viewing, dancing, live music, food, and art.
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Bay Area hip-hop artist Mystic puts love at the center of new album
The longtime Oakland resident and Grammy-nominated artist talks about her latest project, “Dreaming in Cursive: The Girl Who Loved Sparklers.”
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Halloween was once a chaotic night of pranks and violence in the East Bay
Hordes of mischief-making children, punishing adults, rashes of theft, vandalism, and police crackdowns—Halloween in Oakland, Berkeley, and Alameda was once mayhem.
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New film depicts life on Oakland’s streets—from homeless filmmakers’ perspectives
“We R Here” started as an experiment and ended as a revealing 55-minute portrait.
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‘Tales of the Town’ is a love letter to Oakland’s Black history
The Hella Black Podcast production uses audio, film, photos, and music to chronicle 100 years of Black resistance, activism, and life in Oakland.
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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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Omni Commons community space in Temescal at risk of foreclosure
The volunteer-run collective is scrambling to raise $900,000 by December to hang onto the grassroots venue and meeting site.
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The journeyman quarterback who never left Oakland
A mother’s discipline, a late coach’s mentorship, and his Oakland Tech roots drive Josh Johnson’s record 14-team NFL career.
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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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Meet the East Bay couple interviewing every Oakland mayoral candidate
Using 7 questions around public safety, policing, and other issues, Gabrielle Pearce and James Vaughan are on a mission to help inform voters about their choices.
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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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Iconic Oakland hot dog shop at the heart of new art exhibit
Malcolm Ryder’s photo show, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Kasper’s,” illuminates the significance of the longstanding restaurant space.
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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.