Blog entry by Justin Gilmore.
Last updated at Tue, 8 May at 8:02am.

I don’t hate museums, but they sometimes feel like an overflowing catacomb, bursting with previously heralded artistic and social potentials that are now empty of relevance.

Go to the Oakland Museum of California’s current exhibition of Oakland-based cartoonist, author and screenwriter Daniel Clowes and this will be the last feeling that you’ll have.

Blog entry by Friends of Peralt....
Last updated at Mon, 7 Feb at 3:58pm.

Haiku is a simple, elegant form of poetry. It's not uncommon for teachers to assign them in school, but how did this Japanese art make its way to America?

Article by Patsy K. Eagan.
Last updated at Sat, 23 Oct at 8:44am.

A full moon will rise and fall over the Oakland Museum of California just in time for Dia de los Muertos. The Seventeenth Annual Community Celebration for Days of the Dead runs from noon to 4:30 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 23.

In keeping with the holiday's Meso-American origins, ofrendas or altars decorated with obsidian and food offerings will line the museum's halls. Incense smoke and performers will dance for the departed souls. Marigolds, thought to coax the dead with their scent, will adorn the day in celebration of life.

Article by CB Smith-Dahl.
Last updated at Mon, 16 Aug at 7:53am.

(Editor's note: The following piece was written in part by 8-year-old twins Mimi and Cici, who also are the OL cub reporters who hosted the following review of the musuem's newest exhibit. See related story here.)

Earlier this month, Oakland Local sent my daughters – Mimi & Cici – to cover the opening of “Pixar: 25 Years in Animation” at the Oakland Museum of California. Here's what they had to say about their experience.

Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Wed, 11 Aug at 7:06am.

Fans of animation and movies like “UP” and the “Toy Story” trilogy gathered for a hero’s homecoming July 31 to recognize Pixar and celebrate the unveiling of the animation studio’s retrospective exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California.

Article by Debi Mason.
Last updated at Thu, 24 Jun at 3:41am.

“An elegant use of foliage and grace and a little piece of white cloth and oil.”