Westlake Middle School's Play-a-thon Fundraiser at Grand Lake Farmers Market on Saturday
Article by Cynthia Joseph.
Last updated at Tue, 15 Jun at 2:40am.

Folks at the Grand Lake Farmers Market this Saturday will not only have a variety of fruits, veggies and lunch choices - they also will be treated to Westlake Middle School’s musicians performing 100 pieces of continuous music.

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Paint the Uptown with City Canvas!

Blog entry by City Canvas.
Last updated at Sun, 16 May at 6:40am.

Lead artist, Dave SG and the students of Westlake Middle School have been working hard painting the 20 mural canvases, which will grace the sides of 5 traffic signal boxes in the Uptown/Lake Merritt neighborhood.  Dave's final designs depict iconic images of Oakland's landscape with overlays of students from Westlake Middle School - an inspiration from the students' desire to literally

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Building Oakland neighborhoods through community art
Blog entry by City Canvas.
Last updated at Wed, 7 Apr at 5:11pm.

Community building and neighborhood identity are two of my favorite things to think about, and I’m very lucky to be surrounded by many friend

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