ONGOING EVENTS:

Every Tuesday

Artship Foundation Tuesday Arts Series; Artists

from a variety of discipline; 7:00 p.m.; 495

Embarcadero West next to Pizzeria Uno; Jack London

Square; 272-4879.

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday

Oakland Public Library; Storytimes for Preschool,

toddler, Family and Bilingual; for libraries and

times; 238-3134.

Every Tuesday and Thursday

Lawyers in the Library; Oakland Public Library; for

libraries and times; 238-3134.

Every Tuesday and Friday

Barnes & Noble storytime with crafts, costumed

characters and give-aways; 11:00 a.m.; 272-0120.

Every Wednesday

Art à la Carte; Docent tours of the Oakland Museum

of California designed for people on their lunch

hour; 12:30 pm; Gallery of California Art;

238-2200.

Every Thursday

The Word; Open mic/open instrumental session; 8:00

p.m. until...; Black Dot Cafe; 2330 E. 14th Street;

533-6629.

Every Friday

Old Oakland Farmers Market; 8am-2pm; Broadway and

9th St.; 1(800) 897-FARM.

Black Dot Artist Collective Open House; DJ,

painting, dancing and relaxing; 8 pm until; Ritual

Space; 2328 E. 14th Street; 533-6629

Every Saturday

Antiques & Collectibles Market; 12 noon - 4:00

p.m.; Jack London Square Promenade; 814-6000.

Oakland Public Library; Toddler Lapsit for children

ages 6 months to 3 years-old; 10:30 a.m.; Golden

Gate Branch; 5433 San Pablo Avenue; 597-5023.

ONGOING EVENTS continued...

Every Saturday

Grand Lake Certified Farmers Market; Fresh fruits

and vegetables, from over 40 California Certified

Growers and Producers; 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; Grand

Avenue and Lake Park Way.

Every Sunday

Certified Farmers Market at Jack London Square;

Fresh fruits and vegetables, cut flowers, baked

goods, meats and fish.; 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; Jack

London Square; foot of Broadway and Embarcadero

West; Oakland; (800) 949-FARM.

Certified Farmer's Market at Temescal Square;

Organic produce, fresh fruits and vegetables, cut

flowers and baked goods; 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; 49th

& Telegraph, Oakland (800) 949-FARM.

Music in the Courtyard in Jack London Village; 1:00

p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Embarcadero West and Oak Street;

Oakland; 814-6000

African Films on Sundays; 3:30 p.m,, 5:30 p,m,,

7:30 p.m.; Mana Sawa African Restaurant, 1803

Webster; Oakland; 832-9422.

Every Sunday through September

Dunsmuir House and Gardens Historic Estate 100th

Anniversary celebration Family Sundays; 12 noon -

3:00 p.m.; Mansion tours at 1:00 p.m. and 2:00

p.m.; Entertainment at 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m; 2960

Peralta Oaks Court; 615-5555.

Every Second Sunday, through December

Chef on the Square at the Certified Farmers Market

in Jack London Square; Samples of favorite recipes

from Jack London Square restaurants; 11: 00 a.m.-

1:00 p.m; Jack London Square; foot of Broadway and

Embarcadero West; Oakland; (800) 949-FARM.

ONGOING TOURS:

First Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays through

October 30 Free Oakland Walking Tours

Discover Oakland's history, architecture,

downtown's changing skyline, landmarks, churches,

high rises and neighborhoods through nine different

guided walking tours conducted by the Oakland Tours

Program and sponsored by the City's Community and

Economic Development Agency. Tour of City Hall,

Frank Ogawa Plaza and Administration Buildings

every first Tuesday. All tours start at 10:00 a.m.

and last approximately 90 minutes. Reservations

recommended, but not required; 238-3234.

Every Wednesday, through September

Dunsmuir House and Gardens Historic Estate 100th

Anniversary celebration docent-led Mansion Tours;

11:00 a.m. and 12 noon; 2960 Peralta Oaks Court;

615-5555.

Every Saturday

The Black Panther Legacy tour conducted by the Dr.

Huey P. Newton Foundation. 18 sites that were

significant in the history of the Black Panther

Party. 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. West Oakland Library,

1801 Adeline Avenue; 986-0660.

ONGOING TOURS continued...

First and Third Saturday Tour the Paramount -

Public tours of the historic Paramount Theatre are

scheduled on the first and third Saturdays of each

month, excluding holidays. Tours include areas of

the theatre not usually open to the public and

theater's history. Tours begin at 10:00 am at the

Box Office Entrance on 21st Street; 465-6400.

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday dockside tours of the

USS Potomac Floating White House. The tours are

approximately 45 minutes scheduled on Wednesday and

Friday at 10:00 a.m. and Sunday at 12 noon.

Permanently berthed at Jack London Square, the FDR

Pier on the corner of Clay and Water St. 839-7533

Dunsmuir House and Gardens Historic Estate Docent

Tours, Every Wednesday; through September; 11:00

a.m. and 12 noon; 2960 Peralta Oaks Court;

615-5555.

SUMMER PROGRAMS

City of Oakland Camp Read-A-Lot Program; sponsored

by Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, the

Oakland Public Library and others; August 2 through

August 20; held at public elementary schools and

community sites throughout Oakland; 8:45 a.m.-3:00

p.m.; call 238-6844 for locations and registration.

Careers in the Arts Apprenticeship Program;

sponsored by East Bay Institute for Urban Arts and

the City of Oakland Cultural Arts Division; for

students ages 15-20; July 5 through August 13; call

653-5300.

City of Oakland Feather River Camp 75th

Anniversary; sponsored by Parks, Recreation and

Cultural Services; July 5 through August 21; eight

different programs for children, teens and adults;

Quincy, California; call 238-3791 for schedule and

registration.

Oakland Public Library Two Thumbs Up Teen Summer

Reading Program; for youth from ages 13 to 18;

through August 21 at all 16 Oakland Public Library

branches; to register call 238-6706 or 238-3615.

Oakland Public Library Any Time IS Book Reading

Time program for children; for children up to age

13; through August 21 at all 16 Oakland Public

Library branches; to register call 238-6706 or

238-3615.

Oakland Public Library African Dance and

Storytelling for Children and Families by Ken

Doumbia from Senegal, West Africa; through August 7

at seven Oakland Public Library branches; call

238-7354 for schedule and times.

Oakland Public Library Alfy the Clown; at eight

Oakland Public Library branches; through July 14;

call 238-3615 for schedule and times.

Oakland Public Library A Meeting with Harriett

Tubman at five Oakland Public Library branches;

through August 19; call 238-3615 for schedule and

times.

SUMMER PROGRAMS continued...

Oakland Public Library Nick Barone Puppets; at

seven Oakland Public Library branches; through

August 18; call 238-3615 for schedule and times.

Orches Body Orchestration Summer classes for

children, teens and adults; July 6 through August

7; Saturday workshops and Modern Dance class;

832-3835.

Studio One Art Center Summer classes and workshops

for children, teens and adults; June 21-August 14;

Clay, painting, martial arts, creative movement,

weaving, puppet-making, jazz dance, drumming,

comics and cartooning, printmaking, photography,

basketry, ceramics, and much more; extended care

program for children available; 597-5027.

EXHIBITS:

August 3 through October 30

Reflections; Vietnam through the eyes of Vietnamese

Americans; reception August 7, 12 noon; Oakland

Asian Cultural Center; 388 - 9th Street, Suite 290;

208-6080.

Through August 13

Oakland Fine Arts Summer School and Careers in the

Arts Apprenticeship Program art exhibit; Museum of

Children's Art (MOCHA); 560 Second Street;

238-4948.

Through August 14

ProArts presents New Visions: Introductions '99 by

Rupert Garcia; 461-9th Street; 763-4361.

August 25 through September 25

25 Years Young; Artist reception August 26, 6:00

p.m.-8:00 p.m.; Pro Arts; 461-9th Street; 763-4361.

August 28 through October 17

Dog Haus: Architecture Unleashed; The Oakland

Museum, Musuem Terraces; 1000 Oak Street; 238-2200.

Through August 29

Posters American Style; The Oakland Museum, Art

Special Gallery and Side Bays; 1000 Oak Street;

238-2200.

August 30 through September 5

Stonewall 30 African Quilts Names Project from

South Africa; City Hall and the State Building;

633-3980.

September 7 through September 30

Malaquias Montoya; Community Reception, 3:30 p.m.,

Laney College Gallery; 900 Fallon Street;

464-3586.

September 11 through January 30, 2000

Amazing Bikes: 2 Centuries on 2 Wheels; The Oakland

Museum; Great Hall High Bay; 1000 Oak Street;

238-2200.

Through September 11

Bay Area Sculptors Group Exhibition V: The Object

Oakland Museum of California Sculpture Court Atrium

Lobby; 1111 Broadway; 238-2200.

Through September 12

Awakening from the California Dream: An

Environmental History in photography

Oakland Museum of California; Great Hall Low Bay;

1000 Oak Street ; 238-2200.

Through September 30

Treasure Island Fair: 1930-1940; Oakland Public

Library Main Branch; History Room; 125-14th Street;

238-2222.

EXHIBITS continued...

September 27 through December 8

Fantastic Human-Powered Vehicles; Oakland Museum of

California Sculpture Court Atrium Lobby; 1111

Broadway; 238-2200.

October 16 through November 28

El Color de la Muerte: Altars and Offerings for

Days of the Dead; The Oakland Museum, History

Special and Breuner Galleries; 1000 Oak Street;

238-2200.

Through May 28, 2000;

California Underground: Our Caves and Subterranean

Habitats

Color and black-and-white photographs by some of

the world's most renowned cave photographers and

Native American pictograph cave decorations; The

Oakland Museum, Natural Sciences Special Gallery

and Side Bays; 1000 Oak Street; 238-2200.

ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS

August 17

7th Annual Oakland Symphony Chorus Summer Sing-ins;

Magen Solomon, Music Director, Oakland Symphony

Chorus; Brahms: Requiem; First Covenant Church;

Highway 13 and Redwood Road; 428-4172.

August 18

Oakland Public Library Summer Program; Zun Zun

Music Theatre; Lakeview Branch; 550 El

Embarcadero, 10:30 a.m.; 238-7344 and Asian Branch;

388-9th Street; 1:00 p.m.; Children's Room, Main

Library; 125-14th Street; 3:00 p.m.; 238-3615.

City of Oakland City Sounds Series in Frank Ogawa

Plaza at 12 noon; Ricardo Scales; Broadway and 14th

Street; 465-9264.

Oakland Victorian Realty and the Bay Area Blues

Society present the Home Grown Series on Wednesday

night; featuring Ron Joseph & the Stepping Stone

Band; 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

August 19

13th Annual City Center Summer Evening Sounds;

Connie Champagne & the Magnum Bruts; Broadway &

Clay between 14th & 12th Streets; 628-8490.

Oakland Raiderette's 2000 Calendar Release Party;

benefit for the Oakland Parks and Recreation Girls

athletics; 888 898-2868.

August 20

Kaiser Center Roof Garden Concerts; Amandla Poets;

300 Lakeside Drive; 465-9264.

August 21

Oakland A's Kidsfest; Oakland Coliseum North

Parking Lot; interactive games, autograph session

and live entertainment; 430-8020.

August 22

The Enduring Arts Festival featuring the Oakland

Lyric Opera; Dunsmuir House &Gardens Centennial

Celebration; 12 noon -5:00 p.m.; Dunsmuir House &

Gardens Historic Estate; 2960 Peralta Oaks Court;

615-5555.

August 24

California Lawyers for the Arts Workshop series;

Demo tapes to Recording Contracts; 7:00 p.m.-8:30

p.m.; 1212 Broadway; 444-6351.

August 25

City of Oakland City Sounds Series in Frank Ogawa

Plaza at 12 noon; Murasaki Ensemble; Broadway and

14th Street; 465-9264.

Oakland Victorian Realty and the Bay Area Blues

Society present the Home Grown Series on Wednesday

night; featuring Mario Valens and the Back Yard

Blues Band; 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.; on historic 9th

Street and Broadway in Old Oakland; 836-2227.

August 26

13th Annual City Center Summer Evening Sounds; Joel

Dorham; Broadway & Clay between 14th & 12th

Streets; 628-8490.

August 26-September 6

Opera Piccola 10th Anniversary World Premiere of

Rinde Eckert's Navigators; North Oakland and East

Oakland; (415) 552-5701.

August 27

Kaiser Center Roof Garden Concerts; Adriana Moreno;

300 Lakeside Drive; 465-9264.

August 27-29

Susannah McCorkle & her Trio with Charlie Byrd;

8:00 p.m.; Yoshi's Jazz House at Jack London

Square; 510 Embarcadero West; 238-9200.

August 28 and 29

Dragon Boat Races; 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Jack London

Square; at the foot of Broadway and Embarcadero

West; 452-4272.

Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce presents the

12th Anniversary of Streetfest in the Year of the

Hare; 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Franklin from 7th to

11th streets an on 8th and 9th streets between

Broadway and Harrison; 893-8979.

August 28 through September 6

Stonewall 30; Gay Pride International Festival

co-sponsored by East Bay Pride; events in several

major venues; beginning with the Ferry Parade; Jack

London Square; 633-3980.

August 30

Kitty Margolis; 8:00 p.m.; Yoshi's Jazz House at

Jack London Square; 510 Embarcadero West; 238-9200.