Blog entry by Stephen Allen.
Last updated at Thu, 5 Aug at 1:51pm.

If you’ve ever played hacky sack with friends, it was probably just for fun. But this week Oakland will host the 31st IFPA World Footbag Championships at the Convention Center. Where professional Footbag players will be focused and that last thing on their mind will be fun.

Footbag was invented in 1965 by Mike Marshall and John Stalberger.

Blog entry by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Sat, 31 Jul at 9:57am.

The hometown debut of Pixar’s 25 year reospective at the Oakland Museum of California is a welcome lift for the city

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.