Temescal First Friday: April 6, 2012
Blog entry by Emily Wick.
Last updated at Fri, 6 Apr at 12:54pm.

April's First Friday festivities in North Oakland's Temescal neighborhood will kick off at 6pm on April 6th.

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Oakland film festival celebrates a decade of uniqueness, independence (Preview)
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Wed, 4 Apr at 10:49pm.

Zombies at Skyline High. Global resistance to deforestation. The birthplace of the Black Panther Party.

A “warrior spirit art experience.” The secret lives of shopping carts. Two ornery neighbors and how your Haitian disaster relief donation was spent.

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Graffiti Mural on Display, Hella Nice!
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 8 Feb at 12:36pm.

By Howard Dyckoff


The paint's dry on the new mural and the chairs have been hung up at the Oakland Museum's main entrance.

If you haven't been down there recently, check out these images - they highlight the museum's court yard, which is now graced by the commissioned graffiti mural painted during the "Living Concrete" event on Jan. 21.

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Check out these holiday gifts by Oakland artists (Photos)
Blog entry by howard dyckoff.
Last updated at Mon, 5 Dec at 1:44pm.
Here are collected images of art work and artists photographed during the Dec 2nd Art Murmur downtown and at Gallery 420, featuring JingleTown artists.
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Head down to Jingletown - TODAY, Saturday, Dec. 3 - for annual holiday art walk

Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Sun, 4 Dec at 2:13am.

The holiday season has officially begun in Jingletown!

Oakland's own arts and business community will kick off its Sixth Annual Holiday Art Walk THIS WEEKEND - from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3-4.

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Keeping it local: Oakland Local’s music pics for this holiday season
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Wed, 30 Nov at 7:10am.

Giving the gift of music is nice, but giving the gift of local music is even better.

Here’s a selection of recent albums from Oakland artists - all on independent labels - which run the gamut from world music to R&B to funk-rock.

They make great stocking stuffers, but be forewarned: they sound so good, you may just want to buy two copies so you can keep one for yourself.

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Fruitvale celebrates 'los Muertos' in annual festival
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Fri, 4 Nov at 1:19pm.

By Oakland Local Editorial Team

It's been a busy week in Oakland and much attention has been directed to the Occupy movement. Because of this, some events were overshadowed - but not forgotten.

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Trumpet Legend Hugh Masekela At Yoshi's -- Win Tickets!
Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Thu, 23 Jun at 1:28am.

Win a pair of tickets to Thursday night's show at 10 p.m. Send an email to wintickets2@gmail.com.  Winners selected at lunch time on Thursday so hurry and enter!

 

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