North Oakland Now
In honor of Pride this weekend, Oakland North reported on the high concentration of lesbian households in Oakland, as more families move to the East Bay for its affordability and diversity. We’re also keeping you abreast of new developments with our meeting coverage, which includes a community meeting last night where BART officials, representatives from the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and community members banged heads. KALA Art institute near the Berkeley/Oakland border on San Pablo is hosting…
Welcome to Monday! It looks like we’re in for another lovely sunny day. Last week Oakland North learned how you can harness the power of the sun to lower your electicity bills and be kind to the environment. We also got the scoop on economic relief for small business owners. Did you make it to Uptown Unveiled? If not you can get a taste of what it was like through mixed media and photographs. The 10,000 steps project illustrates yet…
Happy Father’s Day to all the rad Dads out there! The weather is beautiful today. Get out there enjoy it! However, if you want to stay inside check out Zoot Suit Cabaret a fund raiser by the East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus. Voting ends tomorrow for the East Bay Express’s Best of the Bay 2009. Make your voice heard.
Happy Juneteenth! If you’ve never celebrated Juneteenth before you haven’t missed your chance. Oakland is strangely silent for such a soulful city and Berkeley partied last weekend. However, San Francisco has a weekend chock full of Juneteeth activities if you’d like to try something new. For the uninitiated, June 19, 1865 is the day when Texas slaves learned of their freedom. Yes, it was over TWO YEARS after the official Emancipation Proclamation, but southerners don’t need much of an excuse…
Downtown Oakland is the place to be tonight. Uptown Unveiled is a street festival with a ton of cool things to do like tours of the renovated Fox Theater, art installations, samples from uptown restaurants and plenty of activities for the kiddies. The epicenter of the action will be at 19th Street and Telegraph Ave. from 5-10p.m. Download the event schedule and map before you go to make your plan of attack. If you’re tired of being on your feet,…
Rest up dear readers. There will be a lot of partying to do in Oakland tomorrow. We’ll have details ready tomorrow morning to help you plan. In the meantime, catch up on the details of Oakland’s budget drama. Oakland North was at yesterday’s marathon budget meeting from start to finish. We also checked out some art and artists at East bay Studios It was so nice we did it twice. Don’t let our title fool you. We focus on North…
Haven’t taken a walking tour of Oakland? You totally should! Take a look at some of Oakland’s oldest buildings. The Eastbay Express is now taking votes for their annual Subcultures awards. Perform your civic duty and vote! Hang out with Frank Chu for the 2nd annual Temescal Street Cinema June 18th and watch a series of shorts made by local artists. Bring a chair!
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! What’s better than ice cream? Free, Ice Cream! Dreyer’s will be scooping out free ice cream by folks walking by Pier 39 tomorrow from 1:30 – 3:30. Readers: email us with your favorite flavors they handed out! Head down to Defremery Park on 1651 Adeline Street today from noon to six for the 2nd Annual Children’s Memorial Day in the Park.
Any plans for the weekend? Head on over to your nearest park … while you still can! Call in sick for work this morning and head on over to 2201 Broadway and learn how to repair your books. Starting at 9 a.m., The California Genealogical Society will teach you how to make and repair your books LoBot Gallery is holding a multimedia arts event. Opening reception begins at 7 p.m. Enjoy local artists while dancing the night away with…