Childhood friends join forces to 'Vamp' it up in Oakland (Community Voices)
Article by Todd Muller.
Last updated at Mon, 4 Jul at 12:59am.

Fernando Carpenter and Sean Sullivan - long-time record collectors and friends since they were Bay Area scooter kids back in the early '80s - are opening Vamp, a record store and music and art gallery on the corner of Cleveland and Athol avenues in Oakland.

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21 Grand gallery closing: Great good-bye photos
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Fri, 21 Jan at 8:40am.

When art gallery 21 Grand closed this past week, owners and friends were there to shut it down.

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Art Meets Auto Row: Vessel Gallery forges a new era in Oakland's Garage District
Article by Patsy K. Eagan.
Last updated at Sat, 22 May at 2:56pm.

Soon after President Barack Obama nominated Rocco Landesman as chairperson of the National Endowment of the Arts, Landesman changed the agency slogan to "Art Works." He told the New York Times last summer that the new motto signaled art's role as an economic engine.

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Uptown art performance packs audience at Joyce Gordon
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Tue, 30 Mar at 4:29pm.

It was standing room only for the performance art showcase at the Joyce Gordon Gallery on Saturday March 27.

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