Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Go Skateboarding Day

Destination 1440starts at 1pm

3 Skate Contests - 1 Day! Cruise by for a game of skate, best trick and highest ollie contest in between hitting up the Berkeley Skatepark! Destination…

The 1968 Exhibit

Oakland Museum of California11am - 5pm

The social forces that swirled through the turbulent 1960s crested in 1968. It was a turning point for a generation coming of age and a nation…

Party for the Planet!

Freight & Salvage8:00 pm - 11:30 pmShow at The Freight- 8pm (door…

Please join us for a fun night of music, comedy, gourmet chocolate tasting, great silent auction items, and surprise guests in celebration of…

510.859.9100 Buy Tickets

Benicia Certified Farmers Market

Downtown Benicia, First Street4:00pm - 8:00pm

Benicia Main Street draws many people to its popular Farmers Market. Bring the whole family for an afternoon full of fresh fruits and vegetables,…

707-745-9791

Tope, Milliways, SleeStack, Feema @ Para Diso, Free!!!

Para Diso Lounge9:00 pm - 2:00 am

We put this show together last minute once we heard Tope was in town... PRICE: NO COVER WHERE: Para Diso Lounge, 2272 telegraph ave, oakland WHAT:…

It's A Family Affair

Oakland Music Complex8:00pm

It's a Family Affair: Cross genre music from the Obando-Jimenez Family Cousins Alex Jimenez, Nick Obando, and Adrian Obando join forces for…

Third Thursday Wine Happy Hour and Art Beat Acoustic: The Gallery Sessions

25th Street Collective5pm- 9pm

Two Mile Wine Third Thursday Happy Hour- 2 for 1 wines by the glass, and giant jenga Art Beat Acoustic: The Gallery Sessions (Every 3rd Thursday,…

Vampires & Wolf Men

Johansson Projects12-6pm

Age-old folklore renders a vampire's reflection invisible. Anna Fidler suggests that when a post-internet vampire faces the mirror, its simulacrum…

Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes

Oakland Museum of California11am - 5pm

Based in Oakland, Daniel Clowes is internationally acclaimed for award-winning comics, graphic novels, and screenplays. With nearly 50 publications…

J. Tony Serra

Pegasus Books7:30pm

J. Tony Serra, the radical criminal-defence attorney, will be at Pegasus Downtown to discuss and sign copies of Walking the Circle: Prison Chronicles. ABOUT Tony…

510.649.1320

Outside In

Chandra Cerrito ContemporaryThursdays 1 - 5 PM, Fridays 2 - 6 PM, First Fridays until 9 PM Saturdays 1- 5 PM and by appointment

Esther Traugot Outside In June 1 � July 27, 2012 Opening Reception Friday June 1, 6 - 9 PM Open during Oakland Art Murmur July 6, 6 � 9 PM Chandra…

510.260.7494

Halftones

Chandra Cerrito ContemporaryThursdays 1-5, Fridays 2-6, Saturdays 1-5

Sheila Ghidini Halftones June 1 � July 27, 2012 Opening Reception Friday June 1, 6 - 9 PM Open during Oakland Art Murmur July 6, 6 � 9 PM Chandra…

510.260.7494

Dealey Dawk Mutlip presents: ugly baby knuckles

Marion and Rose's Workshop12-7pm

Join us for a reception with Dealey Dawk Mutlip ugly baby knuckles First Friday Receptions: June 1, July 6, 6-9pm A collection of collaborative…

(510) 214-6794

The Mad Stash: Morality? Sketch Comedy Show

Firehouse Art Collective Art Bazaar8pm

"The Mad Stash" is a show that combines live sketch comedy with shortfilms in a seamless stream. We also feature musicians and local artists'…

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In Our Nature

The Compound Gallery12-6pm

Crystal Morey will explore the impact and stresses mankind has imposed on animal life and our natural world. She will pay particular attention…

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COOK! Culinary Programs

Paulding & Company, A Creative Kitchen9:00AM - 2:00PM

COOK! Culinary Programs are a summer series of one-week, two-week and three-week classes for young people, ages 9 - 18. Based in Emeryville,…

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Cruises Out Of New Berth At Jack London Square

Bay VoyagerAll Day

Bay Voyager just launched the 2012 cruise scheduled at its new berth at Jack London Square. Bay Voyager is San Francisco Bay�s only bay tour…

510-542-4200

Xanadu

Dean Lesher Center For the Arts8:00pm

A Young artist is trying to paint his enduring masterpiece (in chalk) on the boardwalk of Venice Beach and before you can say �roller disco!�…

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LOCAL ARTISTS SHOWCASE PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPES AND STILL LIFE ART AT NEWPARK MALL�S CULTURAL CORNER

NewPark Mall11am-7pm

Four local artists will be featured at NewPark Mall�s Cultural Corner in June: Farshid Namei will exhibit the exquisite and innocent expressions…

Ethnobotany of Mesa Verde

Sacred Stream CenterALL DAY

A Destination Studies Class from the Foundation of the Sacred Stream This class is a five-day intensive study of the high desert plants of…

415.333.1434