Tickets still available for 'A Taste of the Fox' featuring Livermore Valley Wineries - TONIGHT, April 30
Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Mon, 30 Apr at 7:01pm.

Monday night is a benefit for Friends of the Oakland Fox Theater that will feature Livermore Valley Wineries and Uptown Restaurants at the Mezzanine inside the Historic Oakland Fox Theater. It's a fundraiser to support the theater. Here's what our friend Helen Wyman has to say about the evening:

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April 18: 5th Annual We Love Old Oakland Community Fundraiser & Mixer
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Mon, 23 Apr at 7:58am.

Caffe 817 & Ratto's are co-hosting this year's event and will donate 10% of all food & drink purchases from 5-7pm on Wed April 18, 2012. All ages welcome.

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Help Oakland's Vespertine Circus buy a rig (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Mariah Carle.
Last updated at Mon, 16 Apr at 9:57pm.

The Vespertine Circus is a collection of young, ambitious artists on a quest to spread joy and absurdity. 


The troupe consists of seven main characters; a neo-burlesque troupe of dancers with backgrounds in ballet, hip-hop and everything in between; and a genre-bending and blending band. They've been putting on shows in Oakland for seven months and are gearing up to move their spectacle outdoors and into parks this spring.

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Support Oakland youth a cappella group at benefit concert to assist with trip to nationals - April 15
Blog entry by Maria McMath.
Last updated at Sun, 15 Apr at 9:25am.

Oakland School for the Arts’ premier group - Vocal Rush - recently qualified as one of the nation's top 10 high school a cappella groups and now has the opportunity to compete in the championships in New York City on April 27.

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Support Oakland Tech's 'This Is It!' Auction - Saturday, March 24
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 23 Feb at 8:14am.

 Wonderful food, friendship, entertainment and the chance to bid on an enticing array of auction items await you at "This is It!" Oakland Technical High School's 2012 Auction on Saturday, March 24.

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OL Publisher/Co-founder Susan Mernit: Help us 'build a better, more equitable Oakland'
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 7 Jan at 1:28am.

Oakland Local is a labor of love and determination.

We started Oakland Local in 2009 because we love this city and believe Oakland deserves high quality reporting and thoughtful discussion. We’re committed to work that helps each of us make better decisions and make our city a better place.

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Tomorrow! Come for chocolate & wine tasting, music, talk, raffles at OL annual holiday party
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 6 Dec at 10:22am.

What a year! 

From last fall's election campaigns to this autumn's Occupy Oakland demonstrations, planned school closings and CEDA/Building Services investigations, Oakland Local's covered it all. 

We've been there with you - now come hang with us.

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Bay Area female artists come together for show to benefit Laney College CalWORKs

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sun, 4 Dec at 1:28am.

From the OL Editorial Team

Some of the Bay Area’s best-known women musicians will come together this Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Rise Up & Dance, a concert and dance party to support and benefit Laney College's CalWORKs - a program that helps families rise from poverty to careers through community college education.

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