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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]