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Calendar of Events – October 2024
October is a busy month—in the neighborhood and online. From the Festival of Lights, the Art Walk, and the Halloween Parade to streaming operas, author talks, and movies, there’s no reason ever to be bored!
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Splash Pad Calendar – March 2024
This calendar is amazing! Sheila McCormick compiles Bay Area and virtual events on every topic under the sun…and a few beyond. Check it out! Neighborhood events are highlighted in red.
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Splash Pad Calendar – February 2024
by Sheila McCormick Thursday, 2/1, 3-5pm, Inform Your Community, Screening of We Are the Radical Monarchs Set in Oakland, this film documents the Radical Monarchs—an alternative to the Scout movement for girls of color, aged 8-13. Thursday, 2/1, 4-5pm The Writer’s Center, 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused and Productive All Year Round…
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Splash Pad Calendar – January 2024
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick January 4, Thursday, 12:30-1:30pm (and January 11, 18 and 25), 12:30-1:30pm *In person or via ZOOM and Facebook Live* Oakland Rotary Club #3. Check here for speaker information. January 5, Friday, 7-8pm *ZOOM* Rotary Nature Center Friends. Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins―from Spices to Vices. Professor…
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Splash Pad Calendar – December 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick December 1, Friday, 7-8pm *ZOOM* Rotary Nature Center Friends. Birding Our Nation’s First Wildlife Refuge with Naturalist Clay Anderson. Learn more about the birds hanging out at Lake Merritt. Register here. December 2, Saturday, 4-5:30pm *Stream* AARP. Jonas Kaufmann – It’s Christmas. Concert filmed at the Silent Night Chapel…
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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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Splash Pad Calendar – October 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick October 2, Monday, 2-3pm *ZOOM* AARP. LGBT History Month: A Conversation with Rodney Wilson. View a documentary about the man who inspired the creation of LGBT history month, followed by a conversation with him. Register here. October 2, Monday, 4pm *ZOOM* Harvard/Radcliffe Institute. Feeding the Future: Food Sustainability and Climate…
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Splash Pad Calendar – September 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick September 6, Wednesday, 11am *ZOOM* Monterey Bay Aquarium. The Global Crises of Water and Ice. Register here. September 6, Wednesday, 4-5pm *ZOOM* Yonkers Library. Ranger Talk from Manzanar National Historic Site. Register here. September 7, Thursday, 12:30-1:30pm *In person or via ZOOM and Facebook Live* Oakland Rotary Club #3.…
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Splash Pad Calendar – August 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick August 2, Wednesday, 7:30-9pm *ZOOM* Congregation Beth Emek. Oppenheimer: Beyond the Movie. Tom Ramos, from Lawrence Livermore National Lab, will speak about Oppenheimer’s work before and after the bomb. Register here. August 3, Thursday, 12:30-1:30pm *In person or via ZOOM and Facebook Live* Oakland Rotary Club #3. Speaker: Oakland’s…
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Splash Pad Calendar – July 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick July 1, Saturday, 10am-12pm *In person* Lake Merritt Boating Center. Snapshot CalCoast at Lake Merritt 2023. Help the CA Academy of Sciences gather critical biodiversity data from the California coast. Yes — Lake Merritt is part of the CA coastline! Reserve a spot. July 7, Friday, 7-8pm *ZOOM* Rotary…
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Splash Pad Calendar – June 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick June 1, Thursday, 5:30-7pm *IN PERSON at Children’s Fairyland* Oakland Rotary Club #3. Speaker: Randal Metz, Puppet Director at Children’s Fairyland. Register here. June 2, Friday, 7-8:30pm. Oakland Public Library. Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Performances and 2023 Announcement *IN PERSON* Oakstop, 1721 Broadway, Suite 201 June 2, Friday, 7-8pm *ZOOM*…
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Splash Pad Calendar – May 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick May 1, Monday, 7-8pm *ZOOM* San Mateo County Libraries. Arts Across Asia: Masterpieces of the Asian Art Museum. Register here. May 2, Tuesday, 6:30-7:30pm *ZOOM* SF Bay Bird Observatory. Birdy Hour: Birding the Bay Area Part 3. The Madrone and Napa-Solano Audubon groups will share a few of their favorite birding…
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Splash Pad Calendar – April 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick April 1, Saturday, 1-3pm, *In person* Jack London Square. Easter Celebration. Read more here. April 3, Monday, 3-4pm, *ZOOM* UC-Merced. Ask Me Anything Featuring Richard Munson. Munson is the author of Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food. Register here. April 3, Monday, 6pm *ZOOM* Elliott Bay Book Company.…
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Splash Pad Calendar – March 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick March 2, Thursday, 12:30-1:30pm, *ZOOM* Oakland Rotary Club #3. Rotary Shark Tank. Four Rotarians that own businesses in downtown Oakland answer What is your vision for downtown Oakland in the next 5 years and how will you and your business help build that vision? Read more here. March 2, Thursday,…
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Splash Pad Calendar – February 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick February 1, Wednesday, 12-1pm, *ZOOM* UC Berkeley Demography. Loneliness Transitions Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults Around the World. Professor Rachel Margolis addresses how and why grandparenthood is changing over time, how family networks are evolving, and how the thinning of kinship networks affects older adults. Register here. February 1, Wednesday,…
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Splash Pad Calendar – January 2023
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick January 5, Thursday, 12:30-1:30pm, *In Person or via ZOOM and Facebook Live *Oakland Rotary Club #3. Kick Off the New Year with The Oakland Roots: Speakers Lindsay Barentz and Edreece Arghandiwal. Read more here. January 6, Friday, 7-8pm, *ZOOM* Rotary Nature Center Friends. Lakeside Chat #26 – What Led…
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Splash Pad Calendar – December 2022
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick December 1, Thursday, 12:30-1:30pm, *In Person or via ZOOM and Facebook Live *Oakland Rotary Club #3. Speaker: Rotary Foundation Trustee Larry Lunsford. Read more here. December 1, Thursday, 7pm, *ZOOM* California Academy of Sciences. Night School: World’s Most Endangered. Learn about cycads, their intriguing reproductive cycle, and more. View…
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Splash Pad Calendar – November 2022
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick November 2, Wednesday, 3pm, *ZOOM* National Center for Atmospheric Research. Atmospheric Rivers in a Changing Climate. Christine Shields of NCAR’s Climate & Global Dynamics Lab will talk about what atmospheric rivers are, their importance in the climate system, and how they may change in the future. Register here. November…
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Splash Pad Calendar – October 2022
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick October 2, Sunday, 2pm, *In Person* Oakland History Center. Listen, World! An East Bay Afternoon. Listen World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson became America’s Most-read Woman is a new biography of journalist Elsie Robinson, who got her start writing for children as Aunt Elsie in the Oakland Tribune. Authors…
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Splash Pad Calendar – September 2022
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick September 1, Thursday, 12:30-1:30pm *ZOOM* Oakland Rotary Club #3 . Gillian Tett is the chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US of the Financial Times. She writes weekly columns covering a range of economic, financial, political, and social issues. Register for Zoom link here. September 3, Saturday, 6pm…
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Splash Pad Calendar – August 2022
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick August 1, Monday, 4-5pm *ZOOM* The Marine Mammal Center. Ridiculous Rescues. It takes a dedicated team of staff and volunteers to rescue marine mammals in need. Join us as we ask our experts about some of the most unusual and notable rescues yet! Register here. August 2, Tuesday, 5:30pm…
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Splash Pad Calendar – July 2022
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick July 1, Friday, 7-8pm *ZOOM* Rotary Nature Center Friends. Lakeside Chat #20 – Neighborhood Snakes: Meet Your Neighbors! Our featured guest will be environmental educator Audra Barrios of Things That Creep. Register here. July 4, Monday, 1-3pm *In Person* Oakland Municipal Band. A Selection of Patriotic Music. Location: Lakeside…
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Splash Pad Calendar – June 2022
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick June 2, Thursday, 7pm *ZOOM* Golden Gate Audubon Society: The Awe of Birdwatching African-American ornithologist John C. Robinson uses his own experiences to explain the multiple ways that inner city and minority youth and young adults can become motivated to discover and appreciate nature through bird-watching. He will discuss…
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Splash Pad Calendar – May 2022
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick May 1, Sunday-May 6 *Small Business Week Helps Oakland Businesses Thrive Oakland will celebrate Small Business Week with more than a dozen virtual and in-person workshops and other activities for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Full schedule and registration links here. May 2, Monday – May 8, Sunday *…
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Splash Pad Calendar – April 2022
Splash Pad Calendar by Sheila McCormick April 1, Friday, 7-8pm *ZOOM* Rotary Nature Center Friends: A Birder Back in Her Patch – Hilary Powers at Lake Merritt Join Hilary Powers, a volunteer with Golden Gate Audubon, as she takes us to some of her favorite birding spots at Lake Merritt. Register here. April 3, Sunday,…
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Calendar – November 2021
by Sheila McCormick November 5, Friday, 7:00-800 pm – Rotary Nature Center Friends Lakeside Chat #12: Taxidermy! A Dead Science? Or Art? Do you remember the stuffed birds at the Rotary Nature Center? Many of those specimens were local to Lake Merritt and served as a “3-D Field Guide” for people interested in identifying birds…
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Calendar – October 2021
by Sheila McCormick October 1, Saturday, 7:00-800 pm – Rotary Nature Center Friends Lakeside Chat #11 – Marshland Restoration in the Bay and at Lake Merritt. In honor of BAY MONTH , we welcome Charlie Onorati of Save San Francisco Bay and a panel of Lake Merritt tidal marsh enthusiasts. Register here. October 6, Wednesday …
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Calendar – September 2021
Calendar – September 2021 by Sheila McCormick September 2, Thursday, 12:30pm Zoom Meeting – Oakland Rotary Club – Civic Thursday Meeting “Honorable Aisha Wahab – Future of Afghans in America”. Log in via their Facebook page. September 7, Tuesday, 5:30pm *LIVE WEBINAR* – California Historical Society Bohemian San Francisco In the 1920s San Francisco hosted…
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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…
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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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