Finding a Voice by Marissa Anderson, (age 14!!) will be showing at Red Oak Realty Solano Avenue location February 8- April 3rd  Artist reception February 5th, 6-8 pm

This past summer my husband turned 40.  I wanted to give him something special and lasting, so I hired Oakland artist, Sarah HaBa of Rockridge to paint a picture from a photograph.  Sarah capture the essence of my family on a wood board and I love it!  Check Sarah out online, http://sarahhaba.com

Tomorrow  Oakland Unwrapped will host, Full Moon Buy Night at Jack London square.  Support local business and artisans as they fill the square and sell their wares.  Oakland Unwrapped is an Online Marketplace where shoppers can find and buy directly from Oakland-owned independent businesses and artists. In 2008, Oakland Unwrapped became a program of OneCalifornia [...]

Location: Oakland, CA Once stables for Wells Fargo Bank, then a Cigar Factory, this 2 story masonry warehouse w/wood floors is currently divided into nonconforming spaces that have been used as artist studios for the last 30 years. Retrofit to minimum voluntary standards in 1994; 1 gas & electric meter [...]

Upcoming events in the Oakland- Berkeley area.
Charles Chocolates in Emeryville, (6529 Hollis Street) is hosting FREE summer movies.  Tonight’s film is Soul Food and in honor of this movie, barbecue ribs, fried catfish and mac n’ cheese will be on sale, (along with Charles Chocolates’ Blue Bottle coffee services, hot chocolate and sweets).  Food and snacks [...]

Last weekend I made a point of getting out and enjoying my community.  Friday morning I headed to Brown Sugar restaurant, a cute soul food eatery on Mandela Parkway in West Oakland operated by chef  proprietor, Tanya Holland. I had a “screaming”, (that means unbelievable, over the top) piece of brown sugar peach coffee cake, [...]

Scott Courtnay- Smith is an Oakland based artist who I have featured on The Oakland Berkeley Journal.  Being that Pro Arts East Bay Open Studio 2009 starts June 6th, I asked Scott to give me his list of must see artists.   For information on ProArt, click here. Thanks Scott!
1.Idan Levin
Jingletown (JABC)
2889 Ford Street, #41
Oakland, [...]

Two days left to visit The San Francisco Decorator Showcase House. 2830 Pacific Avenue open this Sunday and Memorial Day: 11:00 am – 4:00 p.m .  I love seeing the carefully selected grand home decorated and cleaned to perfection.  No legos, books, video games or dirty clothes on the floors; just luxe fabrics, custom made [...]