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August 29, 2007
This Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1–3, downtown Oakland rocks with streets full of music, art, food and dance as the Art & Soul Festival makes its seventh annual appearance. Triple Grammy award–winner Lucinda Williams plays her signature mix of rock, folk and country music. Several stages feature rock, jazz, blues, Latin, alternative, R&B and more; new to the festival this year are the LGBT Artists stage and the Momapalooza stage, which presents rocker moms, such as Housewives on Prozac, from all over the country. But what would an Oakland music festival be...
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August 28, 2007
Enjoy a free outdoor concert tomorrow afternoon in downtown Oakland. Tomorrow dance to the West Coast swing of Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers on your lunch break, noon-1 p.m. The show is the last in the Oakland City Center's Summer Sounds 2007 concert series that ran every Wednesday through the summer. Shows are at 13th Street and Broadway near the 12th Street BART station. Parking is available in the City Center garage, 11th Street between Broadway and Clay Street. (510) 628-8490.  Read more »
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August 27, 2007
For parents and students of Peralta Elementary School today will mark more than a return from summer vacation, it will be a fresh start. The school officially reopens today, the Oakland Tribune reported Friday. On the morning of March 27, hours after their school was burned by an arsonist, a crew of teachers and students stood outside the school at 460 63rd St. After the initial shock of wondering who could do such a thing, the group started making plans to rebuild and haven't rested since. Political pressure from the savvy parents, as well as funds from the fundraising campaign, Peralta Rising, helped the school reopen so quickly. Construction and...
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August 24, 2007
West Coast Cajun/Zydeco Dances celebrate 12 years of dancing in Alameda with a great show, food and dance tonight. See Alameda's favorite Brian Jack & the Zydeco Gamblers and enjoy all that the new space has to offer. Brian celebrates the release of his new CD "Underdog" and guests can enjoy an anniversary cake. Doors open at 7 p.m., dance lessons are at 8 p.m. and music goes from 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., $15, Bayside Pavilion, 2203 Mariner Square Loop, (510) 523-8368.
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August 23, 2007
If you love live music, tonight is the night. Three great shows can be heard just blocks apart in downtown Oakland. The always fun punk/pop music of Maldroid (a featured Oakland Magazine Local Sounds band) is featured at the Stork Club while Loop!Station plays its last show at Cafe Van Kleef and David Slusser's Rubber City celebrates the release of Trouble in Tiretown at 21 Grand. Stork Club, $5, 2330 Telegraph Ave., (510) 444-6174; Read more »
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August 22, 2007
Enjoy great beer and see the classic 1998 film, Run Lola Run, by German screenwriter and director Tom Tykwer, starring Franka Potente as Lola at Speisekammer tonight. The film is part of Speisekammer's German movie night. The films are screened every other Wednesday at 7 p.m. No cover charge, dinner reservation required. 2424 Lincoln Ave., 510-522-1300. Read more »
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August 21, 2007
A new state of the art film production studio and arts and retail center will not be built on a former Army base in West Oakland, the Oakland Tribune reported Friday. According to city officials, The Wayans Brothers development team pulled out of negotiations with the city leaving the future of the base in question. The decision by the Wayans Brothers-Pacifica Capital Urban Development Partnership came two weeks after signing an exclusive negotiating agreement to bring the state of the art film production studio, creative business park, retail village, children's educational fun zone, digital arts center and a luxury hotel to the former...
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August 20, 2007
The Your Black Muslim Bakery handyman, who police said confessed to the killing of Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey, once again denied, through his attorney, that he was the one who gunned down the journalist, the Oakland Tribune reported Thursday. Instead, Devaughndre Broussard claims he was told by a "high-ranking person from the bakery" to take the fall for the slaying and make up a story about how he did it, Broussard's attorney said. According to the attorney, that order came in the presence of police detectives who brought the high-ranking bakery member into the interview room with Broussard. Police confirmed Thursday that...
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August 17, 2007
West Coast Cajun/Zydeco Dances celebrate 12 years of dancing in Alameda with a great show, food and dance tonight. See Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners and enjoy all that the new space has to offer. Doors open at 7 p.m., dance lessons are at 8 p.m. and music goes from 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., $15, Bayside Pavilion, 2203 Mariner Square Loop, (510) 523-8368. 
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August 16, 2007
Enjoy a free concert tomorrow at noon at the Kaiser Rooftop Gardens in Oakland. The gardens are at 300 Lakeside Drive. Tomorrow, enjoy the smooth jazz and blues vocals of Bay Area–based Nicolas Bearde. Bearde has been compared to vocal icons such as Lou Rawls, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway and Jon Lucien. This is the last concert of the series, so get out there and enjoy the show. 
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