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Mardi Gras Celebration
February 12 – 16, 2010
Friday, February 12th
Kick off celebration with Joey Altman Band
Saturday, February 13th
Gumbo Cook-off 1pm-4pm
Featuring Chefs from local restaurants & Celebrity Judges
Open to the public
Sunday, February 14th
Valentine’s Dinner New Orleans Style prix Fixe Menu
Monday, February 15th Lundi Gras
Mardi Gras Happy Hour All Day
Tuesday, February 16th ...
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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 and 250 four-person relay t ...
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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, budtending, horticulture and ...
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The Clarion Hotel Downtown Oakland City Center in Oakland, California.
Come and experience all the best this region of California offers and make the Clarion Hotel® Downtown Oakland City Center your home away from home during your visit to Oakland. Whether you are traveling for business or pleasure, we offer countless features, an outstanding location and we are within walking distance to the Oakland Convention Center, and many excellent restaurants and art galleries.
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-- Nonstop Service to Nashville Restored Frequencies Added In Three Markets --
Oakland, Calif. December 17, 2009 — Southwest Airlines announced yesterday that it will restore nonstop service between the Bay Area’s Oakland International Airport OAK and Nashville, Tennessee. It will also add frequency between OAK and the cities of Albuquerque, Denver, and Seattle-Tacoma beginning May 9, 2010. Seats for the new flights are now on sale at southwest.com.
Southwest will adjust its spring 2010 ...
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Amelia Earhart first arrived at Oakland's North Field on June 6, 1931 in a Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro…. and the rest, as they say, is history. The Oakland Aviation Museum has a special exhibit that features “Amelia in Oakland” on display through June 20, 2010. See Amelia Earhart as reflected through the lens of local history. Come See the History of West Coast Flight at the Oakland Aviation Museum. www.oaklandaviationmuseum.org
A blonde and a brunette are now part of the Oakland Zoo’s camel herd. The half sisters were born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas and recently arrived at the Oakland Zoo. The two are less than a year old and are slowly being acquainted with two adult camels. The introductions are slow and careful as the adults outweigh the young females by more than a thousand pounds.
The new camels will be present for photo opportunities on Tuesday, November 24, from 10:00am – 12:00pm. ...
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“Holiday Buy Night” Celebrates All Things Oakland with Local Artisans and Merchants, Live Entertainment, Holiday Music, Children’s Activities, and More on December 10th & 11th
Holiday shopping has never been this much fun. For two nights this December, Jack London Square will offer a mall-ternative on the Oakland waterfront. On December 10th and 11th, the soon-to-open Jack London Market will host “Holiday Buy Night,” a festive night market featuring, 75 local vendors, delicious ...
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Bocanova, the latest upscale restaurant to open in Oakland's Jack London Square, is the brainchild of Rick Hackett, a classically trained chef and product of New York's Culinary Institute of America. Hackett, who most recently served as executive director of San Francisco's MarketBar, has spent the last year preparing—along with his wife and co-owner Meredith Melville—for the opening of his new Pan-American eatery. Located inside a beautifully restored 1920s-vintage icehouse with great waterfron ...
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Hawaiian Celebration at Oakland International Airport Marks Alaska’s First Bay Area-Hawaii Flight --
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, 6:15 a.m. Pacific Time
WHERE: Oakland International Airport OAK, Terminal 1, Gate 6
WHAT:
Alaska Airlines will inaugurate its new nonstop service between Oakland, Calif., and Kahului, Maui, with a Hawaiian-themed celebration at Oakland International Airport. Alaska Airlines will operate four weekly flights between Oakland ...
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The Crucibles new gallery in Oaklands historic Cathedral Building, at the triangle between Broadway and Telegraph Avenues, announces its second exhibition. eARTh celebrates art created from elements directly derived from the earth: glass, clay, stone and plaster. Featuring works of art by Crucible faculty and students, and selected Bay Area artists, this exhibition illustrates the visions of talented artists and showcases many of the skills taught at The Crucible.
An opening rece ...
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Featuring the most comprehensive Bourbon Portfolio in the Bay Area, Picán offers self-guided Bourbon "Flights" "Bites and Flights" - a series of food pairings with select Bourbons and an expanding calendar of bourbon-based Events appealing to both the newcomer to the world of Bourbon to the accomplished aficionado. Thumb through Picán’s Bourbon Portfolio at the Bar and share our enthusiasm for "America's true Spirit."
A bar tended by professional mixologists and "Liquid Chefs" serving ...
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The topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain, a specialist in living history maritime education, will arrive in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, October 20 to begin a six-month tour of California ports. Based in Grays Harbor, Wash., the two-masted tall ship is returning to the Bay Area for its “California 2009-2010: Hands-on History for Youth” tour. The tour emphasizes the Hawaiian Chieftain’s mission of delivering valuable educational experiences for young people, many of whom go on to careers in the maritime ...
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