Legacy Home Tour is Sunday
Old home lovers will get the chance to check out eight vintage Alameda houses this Sunday, September 26 when the annual Alameda Legacy Home Tour rolls around. The tour, which will take place between 11...
View ArticleYour weekend: All Together Now fundraiser is Friday
By Heather Lyn Wood Drew Harrison’s first memory is of himself at age three, “rocking back and forth on my hands and knees, in front of our Motorola stereo, to the song ‘A Hard Day’s Night.’” Forty ...
View ArticleReview: Jingletown Holiday Art Walk
By Michael Singman-Aste “I steal souls, then sell them back at a profit.” So says photographer Mariah Carle, one of 14 artists crammed into 4:20 Gallery at 420 Peterson Street in Oakland. The gallery...
View ArticleYour weekend: Tickling your funny bone
Alameda residents like to keep it local, and Melissa Gans is no exception. When she moved to the Island a few months back, she and boyfriend Tom Anderson decided to put together a show in ...
View ArticleJewish Chef Series starts Sunday
Four years ago, Oakland City Councilwoman Nancy Nadel took a fateful – and delicious – trip to Jamaica. While there, she became interested in that country’s unique cocoa beans. And before long, The...
View ArticleYour weekend: Rebel royals
By Liz Barrett If you like Jane Austen — and Madonna — you’ll love “Her Rebel Highness,” a musical served with a three-course brunch Sunday at C’era Una Volta. It’s the story of three 18th century...
View ArticleYour weekend: Dark & Delicious
This Friday marks the latest annual outing of P.S. I Love You’s Dark & Delicious food and wine event, a festive homage to Petite Syrah. This year’s event, which comes on the varietal’s 50th...
View ArticleYour weekend: Rhythmix’s Island to Island Arts Festival
Rhythmix Cultural Works celebrates ancient Japanese arts with a modern twist with the first in a series of performances billed as an Island to Island Arts Festival. Tickets for the Japanese taiko and...
View ArticleYour weekend: Lunar New Year on Alameda’s Harbor Bay
Alameda celebrates the Year of the Rabbit this Saturday, March 5 with the Harbor Bay Intercultural Committee’s 13th annual Lunar New Year Festival. The festival takes place from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m....
View ArticleYour weekend: Top o’ the mornin’ to ye!
Looking to get your Irish on this St. Patrick’s Day? A number of Alameda dining and drinking establishments are ready to help you celebrate in style. Jim’s Coffee Shop (2333 Lincoln Avenue; 523-5368)...
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