2023 November
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Farmers Market Update – November 2023
This month’s update is dedicated exclusively to the Agricultural Institute of Marin’s celebration on October 21 of the Grand Lake Farmers Market’s 25th Anniversary. A market that started with maybe a dozen farms under the freeway has since been named the Best Farmers Market in the East Bay year after year. Javier Ledesma who has…
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Splash Pad Park – November 2023 Update
by Ken Katz Last September, in the second of a two-part series of articles, I bewailed the fact that the Splash Pad fountain was still inoperable as a result of being vandalized. As you can see from the above photo which I snapped on a whim during the Farmers Market’s 25th Anniversary, that’s happily no…
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Grand Lake Neighbors October 2023 Meeting Minutes
GLN Monthly meeting minutes 10/18/23 Barnett Hall, Lakeshore Baptist Church NEXT MEETING: WEDNESDAY, November 15, 2023 Questions: Eric Hughes – hughesearthur@gmail.com Crime reports and project status from OPD Not reported this month. We were not able to provide phone access to OPD, as requested. As of Friday, 10/27/23, you can DM (on X/Twitter & Instagram)…
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Splash Pad Calendar – November 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick November 1, Wednesday, 3pm *ZOOM* Women & Politics Institute. 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution. Katherine Spillar, editor of the anthology, will discuss the evolution of feminism and feminist thought. Register here. November 2, Thursday, 12:30-1:30pm *In person or via ZOOM…
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Grand Avenue Merchant News – November 2023
by Ken Katz If you shopped the Farmers Market on Saturday, you likely saw the Grand Avenue Business Association (GABA) booth with a gorgeous chalkboard poster as its centerpiece. Kudos to Lorenzo Galvan, an employee at Ikaros, for stepping up to the plate at the last minute and hitting a home run. Thirteen Grand Avenue…
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Remembrances of Oakland’s Past
by Virginia Brown Keyder Born in 1948, I grew up on Valle Vista Avenue, one block from Charlie’s Tobacco Shop. I spent my summers in the Grand Lake Theatre (children could see movies for three Seven-Up bottle caps, or 25 cents). I always bought my candy at Charlie’s and remember well his slightly reddish face…
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The Autumn Lights Festival’s Evolution
Last month’s 12th Annual Autumn Lights Festival (ALF) was once again a huge success — generating tens of thousands of dollars for upgrades and to help support the volunteers who maintain the Gardens at Lake Merritt. Post-pandemic (or nearly so), it was especially gratifying to hear that all three nights sold out and see that…
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