Golden State Slam Toy Drive & Holiday Giveaway brings much joy
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Thu, 23 Dec at 10:47am.

Ner Cty and folks from The Golden State Slam held their second annual 2nd Annual "Santa Claus is coming to da Town" toy drive and party last week at the Grand Lake Coffee House. Marc Lorenz photography took some great photos, as did  others. Here's the album of the day--fun, huh?

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Queer Oakland:Oakland Slam's amazing poet Milani Pelley is heading for success
Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Thu, 9 Sep at 8:04pm.


 

Watching a good poet is like watching E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial. You can see through the chest to the rosy glow of the heart thumping. A good poet’s heart will beat against the odds. Poet trapped on the wrong planet.

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Oakland! Support our local poetry scene! (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Paradise Love.
Last updated at Tue, 31 Aug at 7:21am.

As recently as 1995, poetry used to be a bad word … at least in these parts.

Poetry was for sissies. It had the rather corny, outdated image of "roses are red and violets are blue ... ." As president of the International Black Writers & Artists in Oakland, Local #5, I vowed to change that image, even if I had to be a Black Elvis Presley and do it all by myself!

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