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Friday, October 30, 2009

Midtown Oakland Arts District

Check out the new First Friday map and Facebook Page for Midtown Oakland Arts District.

Labels: affiliations, arts, city of oakland, community, events, first friday, gallery, local, location, music, small business, spread the word

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Best of the East Bay Party

We're closing at 3 pm on Friday and heading down the street to the Best of the East Bay Party at the Oakland Museum of California. We'll have a booth with coffee, food, and the new videos from French Press Films. Come visit us!

Our Art Opening will be on the Second Friday this month.

Labels: arts, city of oakland, community, events, first friday, local

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Oakland Indie Awards

Check out the Oakland Indie Awards at the Crucible this Friday! We're a finalist in the Greenie category and will be serving up free coffee at the event! See the ad on page 15 of the East Bay Express.

Labels: city of oakland, community, events, green, independent, local, spread the word, sustainability

Friday, March 6, 2009

Oakland Indie Awards

Vote for Oakland Indie Awards!

Labels: city of oakland, community, events, green, independent, local, small business, spread the word, sustainability

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Trunk Show Today (10 am to 1 pm)

Amy MacClain Designs - Fine Hand-Crafted Original Designs Jewelry.

Also, we're now open until 5 pm on the weekends!

Labels: arts, community, events, independent, local, merchandise, small business, trunk shows

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Blog Posts About "Walking Oakland"

Living in the O

and

Oaklander Online

Labels: arts, community, events, first friday, media, music, www

Monday, February 2, 2009

Fox Theater Open, Awesome Lineup

Check out their website for lineup, including Social Distortion, Michael Franti, CAKE, & Modest Mouse!

(Photo is a digital image of a painting by Cleo Vilett which will be featured in our February Art Show!)

Labels: arts, city of oakland, community, events, local, spread the word, www

Saturday, September 6, 2008

First Friday Photos on Facebook

Click here.

Labels: arts, events, facebook, first friday, gallery, music, photos

Friday, September 5, 2008

Brass Menazeri Live

Labels: arts, events, first friday, music, photos

Live from First Friday

Labels: arts, events, first friday, music

Friday, August 29, 2008

Special Weekend Hours

The Cafe will be open special hours this weekend for the Oakland Art & Soul Festival:

Saturday, August 30
Sunday, August 31
Monday, September 1 (Labor Day)

8 am to 6 pm

Labels: city of oakland, events, spread the word

Saturday, July 12, 2008

July Art Opening

Photos from our July Art Opening "Night and Day" by Gary Comoglio.

Special thanks to Holcombe Waller for the great music!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our third (can you believe it?) art reception! Come back next month and each First Friday for our art reception! I'm told we'll have circus clowns in August!