Oakland Public Library Announces 2nd Annual Youth Poet Laureate Competition...
The Oakland Public Library, in partnership with Youth Speaks (the country’s leading nonprofit presenter of spoken word performance, education and youth development programs), is revving up to name...
View ArticleCome out to Winter Thursday art event on 25th Street - Feb. 28
Starting today, Feb. 28, the block of 25th street between Telegraph and Broadway will have a dozen creative lifestyles businesses celebrating their art, craft and fashion with live music, wine pouring...
View ArticleOakland Unified joins other school districts seeking accountability on...
Oakland Unified and eight other California school districts sought a waiver Thursday from the federal "No Child Left Behind" law by submitting their own plan for measuring a school's success that takes...
View ArticleAmerican Indian Model Schools make their case before OUSD school board
American Indian Model Schools had their day in court Wednesday night as the OUSD board of education held a public hearing on their intent to revoke the school’s charter.read more
View ArticlePeralta Community College trustees fuming over delays in construction project
The Peralta Community College Board of Trustees voiced their continued frustration with delays in the completion of a construction project at read more
View ArticleMarch First Friday, peaceful, focused on youth
In Late February, the office of the Mayor and the Oakland First Fridays Community Media Team announced a series of changes to the monthly street fair. read more
View ArticleMarch 2013 First Friday and Art Murmur Recap (Community Voices)
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View ArticleOakulture: Respect Our City helps bring peace to First Fridays; The Coup...
The red outline of a neon cross from the nearby Korean Community Christian Church church emanated above 1-O.A.K.’s head like an electric halo, as the Oakland singer stood at the Telegraph and 24th St....
View ArticleGreat Oakland Schools to host forum supporting effective teaching - TONIGHT,...
Many people remember a teacher who had a life-changing influence on them - the teacher that turned them onto science or theatre or convinced them that it is actually fun to read. Effective teaching,...
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Innovation, Oakland street photography to feature Eric Arnold, Lisa Levine...
The Bay area has some amazing photographers--and Oakland, CA has some of the best of the best of them, right here in our town. Come on on Thursday, March 14th to our third Oaktech talk and find out...
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Shakespeare's Fairies to Grace Children's Fairyland
"Since 1950, Fairyland has been the low-tech, high-touch outdoor playground for young children to create, imagine, play, and learn,” Children’s Fairyland tells us. It lends a timelessness to the...
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OpEd: What are we telling our young people about what it means to be a woman?
Located eight blocks from “The Track”, a stretch of International Boulevard known for childhood prostitution, Youth UpRising helps young women and men confront the real world, threatening way that...
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Shakespeare? It’s elementary at Oakland's Fairyland
By C.J. HirschfieldThis Friday (on the Ides of March, of all dates) Children’s Fairyland will host a production of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," performed by the esteemed San Francisco...
View ArticleLong-time Oakland arts activist relaunches Artists' Census (Q&A)
Oakland arts activist Randolph Belle is the founder and Executive Director of Support Oakland Artists, a nonprofit art and community development corporation that works to enhance local artists’ ability...
View ArticleThis Week/End in the YaY! Area through March 17
Daylight Savings Time is finally here! Longer days, more sunlight and the beautiful Bay will keep you going well into the evening hours. This weekend is chock full of great adventures for you to take...
View ArticleJoin us March 20 for release of study on teaching practices in Oakland...
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National STEM Video Game Challenge workshop comes to Oakland - Saturday,...
High school and middle school students will have the opportunity learn how to design their own video games this weekend as part of the 2013 National STEM Video Game Challenge. read more
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Our East Bay goes to the Oscars (Community Voices)
As a native Angeleno and a serious film buff, I’ve always dreamed of attending the Academy Awards ceremony. It hasn’t happened yet.read more
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