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2021 January

2021 January, Calendar · January 31, 2021

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February 1- Last day to turn in applications for the Oakland Library’s Youth Poet Laureate competition. February 3 – Black Women and Political Leadership Oakland Library Talk February 4 – Black Culture Fest – Young Truths Beautifully Told: Oakland Library February 4 – Rotary Club Civic Thursday Speaker – Michael Morgan – Maestro Oakland Symphony  February […]

2021 January, Dan Foster, Farmers Market · January 28, 2021

Farmers Market Update – February 2021

Brittany Crepe’s last day at the Grand Lake Market was this past Saturday. As the weather gets warmer, look for more artisans to be in attendance.  Editor’s Note: Will Finnie, the Coordinator of AIM’s Bounty Box program is looking for additional volunteers at the Grand Lake Market to work either of two shifts. The first […]

2021 January, Guest Post · December 29, 2020

AIM’s Path to Racial Equity

From Andy Naja-Riese, AIM CEO – In partnership with AIM’s Board of Directors, we have developed and published our Path to Racial Equity where we can contribute to creating an equitable food and farming system. Racial equity is the fair treatment of people of all races. We will achieve racial equity in the food and farming system […]

2021 January, Dan Foster, Farmers Market · December 29, 2020

Farmers Market Update – January 2021

by Dan Foster –The Native American Health Center will resume providing Covid testing and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) distribution on January 9 and continue doing so through March 27. This is a free service – open to everyone. No appointment or insurance is needed We have some new folks starting in the near future: Moi Eat – […]

2021 January, C. J. Hirschfield · December 29, 2020

Lake Merritt: An “Accidental Zoo” with a Major Mystery

by C. J. Hirschfield – On December 4, International Wildlife Conservation Day, more than 70 people attended the premiere of a new Lakeside Chats series, offered for free by Rotary Nature Center Friends. The title of the talk was “An Unsolved Mystery: The Enigmatic Beach-Hopper of Lake Merritt,” and the speaker was Dr. Jim Carlton, an […]

2021 January, Ken Katz · December 28, 2020

The Grand Lake District: Past and Present

by Ken Katz – I’ve personally witnessed quite a few changes in the make-up of the Grand Lake shopping district since we moved into the neighborhood in the early 1970s. Shortly thereafter, a gas station at the intersection of Lakeshore, Lake Park and Rand was torn down and replaced with the complex that includes T-Mobile […]

2021 January, Guest Post · December 28, 2020

Farmers Market AIMing for a Five Year Lease

by Jerry Barclay – After two-plus years of on/off negotiations for the operation of the Grand Lake Farmers Market at Splash Pad Park, a long-sought agreement between the Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM) and the City of Oakland is expected to be completed in early 2021. One last issue has delayed a deal, but that appears […]

2021 January, Odds and Ends · December 25, 2020

Odds and Ends – January 2021

On December 15, the New York Architectural League sponsored an online discussion titled, Current Work: Walter Hood. Walter’s presentation focused on several projects including the Oakland Museum improvements, the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida and the proposed Curtain of Courage memorial (pictured above) honoring the fourteen individuals in San […]

2021 January, Calendar · November 28, 2020

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December 4 – An Unsolved Mystery: The Enigmatic Beach-Hopper of Lake Merritt. This is the first in a series of free online talks sponsored by the Rotary Nature Center Friends about a variety of Lake Merritt topics. Register here. December 5 – Oakland Library – The 31st Annual PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Awards, which were created to […]

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