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The Urban Homestead classroom is a gathering place to research, ferment and learn together. They feature small class sizes and experiential learning. The Institute for Urban Homesteading is offering classes in gardening, urban animal husbandry, food preservation, brewcraft, herbal medicines and more.
The Institute of Urban Homesteading is a response to current interest in food security, localization and self-determination. They are riding the wave of a massive global movement to change ...
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What do you love most about Oakland? What do you think visitors should see? Share your short films with us. Amateur and professional videographers are invited to enter the 2010 OCVB Video Competition to showcase their best short films featuring Oakland.
What to Enter
We are looking for videos that portray Oakland as an attractive, interesting destination. Films will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit. Surprise us! ...
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DEADLINE: March 5, 2010
The Crucible’s Cathedral Gallery is looking for artists to participate in their upcoming-juried group exhibit ‘Cast’. The sculpture technique of casting has been around since 6000 BC and is used with a vast array of materials. Historically casting has been traditionally associated as a manufacturing process for metal, but casting has also been widely used with glass, concrete, plaster and plastic resin.
‘Cast’ will highlight Bay Area artists' varied exp ...
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Winestock....An evening of wine, appetizers and bands. Saturdat, February 27th, 4:00-8:00pm. Bell-bottoms encouraged.
Also, join JC Cellers the first Wednesday of every month for "Wine Wednesday" from 6-7pm for complimentary tastings and exclusive deals on featured wines.
510-465-5900
www.jccellars.com
New restaurants and cafes continue to make Oakland's Jack London Square one of the state's hottest cuisine scenes, with San Francisco style at affordable prices: encuentro www.encuentrooakland.com is an intimate and casual café is the collaboration between Eric Tucker executive chef at Millennium Restaurant in San Francisco, Lacey Sher former owner of Down To Earth Restaurant in Red Bank, New Jersey, and Linda Braz. Encuentro means “ ...
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February 3, 2010
Put down those books and pencils and learn something REALLY new this year. Arts - Oakland is home to a rising number of artists, many of whom relocated from SF in search of better weather and more space. The result is not just important arts events such as First Fridays http://www.proartsgallery.org/firstfridays/, Oakland Art Murmur and ProArts Open Galleries, but also a growing number of art scho ...
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January 10, 2010
Registration for the March 27th-28th inaugural Oakland Running Festival has surpassed 2,500 total runners. With more than two months to go until the event, the number represents 33% of the anticipated final field.
To ensure runners have the best experience possible the total field size will be limited to only 7,500 total runners. Race officials have limited the field to 1,500 participants in the marathon, 4,000 runners for the half marathon, 1,000 in the 5k a ...
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January 5, 2010
You may have made jokes about studying pot when you were in college, but you probably never thought you'd be able to get a degree in it. Oaksterdam University is the U.S.'s first cannabis college, with a mission to "Provide Quality Training for the Cannabis Industry." Founded in 2007, Oaksterdam U now educates thousands of students a year, most from California but others fly in from around the US and even other countries specifically for the classes in pot politics, budt ...
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