Blog entry by Maria McMath.
Last updated at Sun, 20 May at 6:51am.

Support your local artists and communities - as well as Eastside Arts Alliance during its 12th Anniversary Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival on May 19 in San Antonio Park.

The free event - which runs from from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. - is family friendly and according to fans of the annual festival, fabulous.

A preview of what you will experience:

Main Stage:

Blog entry by Community Rejuven....
Last updated at Fri, 18 May at 7:12am.

CRP would like to extend its sincerest appreciation to the city of Oakland for attempting to address blight in East Oakland and

Blog entry by Emily Wick.
Last updated at Sat, 5 May at 10:59am.

Highlights of this weekend's Temescal's First Friday art walk: an art show and fundraiser for suicide prevention at Sacred Wheel Cheese Shop, a "Quatro de Mayo" celebration in the Alleys, and a Kids Only Art Show at Rise Above. Details and full listings at temescalfirstfriday.com.

Blog entry by Friends of Peralt....
Last updated at Mon, 16 Apr at 11:59am.

Oakland's Cambodian community and music lovers of every ethnicity are meeting at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park on April 21st to ring in Cambodian New Year and honor a people, their music, and their stories under the banner Rhythm of the Refugee: A Cambodian Journey of Healing.

92-year-old Nhep Prok, one of the sole surviving master musicians of pre-Pol Pot Cambodia, will play with his youth ensemble and virtuoso apprentices. “Our music cannot die with me,” says Nhep Prok, “My duty and purpose is to pass it down. Khmer music saved my life.”

Article by Matt Werner.
Last updated at Sun, 15 Jan at 9:28am.

Article by Bea Sullivan.
Last updated at Fri, 16 Dec at 2:19pm.

Immediately upon entering Oakland artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez’ studio, I notice a turtle tank. She mentioned that he might come closer, given that I was an unknown visitor. Her pet turtle seemed full, curious and somehow open to new things.

Blog entry by Gene Anderson.
Last updated at Tue, 25 Oct at 8:42am.

When school budgets get cut, many times one of the first things to go are the arts.
Yet numerous studies have shown that children learn a variety of subjects better when exposed to the arts.

As artsusa.org says:

" ... for certain populations - including young children, students from economically disadvantaged circumstances and students needing remedial instruction - learning in the arts may be uniquely able to advance learning and success in other areas."

It's this need for arts education that By Any Dreams Necessary founder and executive director Garrett Naiman saw and is helping to fill.

Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sun, 4 Sep at 11:28pm.

The Oakland Public Art Program is seeking artists to create new public art work for various projects in parks, plazas, streetscapes and community centers throughout the city, in conjunction with city-funded improvements.