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June 2005 Press Release Archive Joaquin Miller Working Group Meeting Summary - June 24 The meeting summary for The Joaquin Miller Working Group on June 20, 2005 has been added and is available for download (PDF) … more >> Studio One's Summer 2005 - June 24 Wednesday June 29, from 2:00 ~ 4:00 pm, Come In and Play the OPR Way at Studio One Art Center's downtown Oakland home. The Studio's 1428 Alice Street location is within the Malonga Casquelourd Center (formerly known as The Alice Arts Center) - a draw for the most artistically gifted in the nation … more >> 67-year-old captures Woodminster Race - June 24 For the fourth year in a row and sixth time in 10 years, Russ Kiernan won the Dick Houston Memorial Woodminster Race at Joaquin Miller Park. Sunday1s 9-mile cross country race race through the Oakland Hills was the 40th annual and the final leg of the East Bay Triple Crown … more >> East Bay's oldest cross country race set for Sunday - June 17 The oldest cross country race in the East Bay has returned. The 40th annual Dick Houston Memorial Woodminster Cross Country race at Redwood Regional and Joaquin Miller parks is Sunday at 9 a.m. The Woodminster race is a challenging 9-mile hilly loop trail course that runs through the Oakland Hills. It is a single race and is handicapped by gender and age … more >> It's more than a swim team - June 17 The Oakland Undercurrent swim team started with five members in 1997."I worked at Fremont High School pool and there were some really motivated students," said Oakland Undercurrent co-founder and head coach Ben Sheppard … more >> Oakland Symphony season - June 17 A new commissioned work by composer Guillermo Galindo and poet devorah major, recent music by Kevin Puts and Mason Bates, and a performance of Dvorák's "Stabat Mater" are among the highlights of the Oakland East Bay Symphony's 2005-06 season … more >> Lane elicits bikers' joy - June 17 Cyclists and walkers may be thrilled with a temporary bike lane installed earlier this month around the south end of Lake Merritt … more >> Disabled adults find solutions through art - June 17 Stepping stones for the garden are decorated with colorful mosaic tiles forming abstract designs or portraits. Each is made by a different artist at Creative Growth. It takes about two months to make one. The artists start with a drawing, transfer it to the stone and then break pieces of glass and china to form the mosaic … more >> SOAR students ready to spread wings - June 17 A six-year California State University, East Bay program that shepherded thousands of Oakland school students through high school and many of them into college is graduating its first class Saturday … more >> Outreach Street Team Day - June 17 We are going OUT to REACH and TEACH EACH youth, Political Leader and Community member to participate in our Street Team Day … more >> Game of life depicted in sculptural chess set - June 16 Jane Grimm treats life as a game, at least in her sculptures. The San Francisco artist has depicted people as bowling pins, billiard balls and dartboard targets. In her latest exhibition, "Jane Grimm: The Chess Set," she explores the notion that we're all pawns in the game of life … more >> Strokes come back to Oakland with gold - June 16 The Oakland Strokes youth rowing program executed a clean sweep of its races at the 2005 U.S. Rowing National Youth Invitational held over the weekend … more >> Bon voyage: Children's choir to perform in Paris - June 13 About two dozen West Oakland students soon will add a few words to their vocabulary: "bonjour" and "au revoir." Having won first place among 200 choirs at the Anaheim Music Festival, the Roots of Unique Awareness Children's Choir has been invited to perform at the Paris Children's Choir Festival in France this summer … more >> Expanding minds, families and communities with art - June 13 Flora Blackmon asked her three grown daughters and grandson to set aside their busy lives each Saturday morning to do her a favor -- join her in making art … more >> A veritable feast of contemporary dance in Oakland - June 13 Charles Anderson, artistic director of the Walnut Creek-based Company C Contemporary Ballet, had a good idea a year or so ago: to combine resources with other local dance companies and produce a multiweek event. The result is the Oakland Dance Festival … more >> Swimming dedication keeps senior fit, active beyond her years - June 8 My body is a temple -- it just needs a seismic retrofit. Nothing earth-shattering -- just a little nip and tuck. Or I could do what Heidi Beck has done for decades. Get up at 4 a.m., have breakfast and be in the pool before 6 … more >> 'Promise' delivers an extraordinary story - June 8 It was an audacious promise. But Oral Lee Brown wasn't thinking about the real world when she gazed down at those Oakland first-graders in 1987. She promised to adopt them, to send them to college and, ultimately, to love them … more >> Oakland will join cities celebrating Juneteenth - June 7 Plans are being made locally for Juneteenth, a holiday honoring the end of slavery and accomplishments of African Americans despite racial barriers … more >> City's photographer steps down - June 7 Two dozen colleagues and friends of Marcia Nowak, retiring city marketing staff photographer and graphic designer, gathered in the courtyard of the landmark Swans Market this week to say farewell and congratulations on 31 years with the city of Oakland … more >> Partners make sailing club work - June 7 For more than two decades, Anthony Sandberg and Rich Jepsen have run a Berkeley sailing school that started with one boat, a single telephone and a dream to bring the sport to ordinary enthusiasts … more >> Summer job outlook warming up for teens - June 7 By applying to the Spanish Speaking Citizen's Foundation last summer when he was 17, Kenneth Mendoza enjoyed two summer jobs that led to a full-time job for the rest of the year … more >> Artwork everyone can love needs home - June 7 In a vine-covered West Oakland warehouse artist Mario Chiodo is surrounded by large art pieces both serious and whimsical. But one piece dwarfs the rest. That is a monumental sculpture honoring some of the world's great humanitarians … more >> Lions Pool Schedule for June 11 - June 2 Effective the Week of June 11 ~ June 17 there will be a change in the pool schedule … more >> Celebrate National Recreation and Parks Month - June 1  Come Out and Play the OPR Way! July is National Recreation and Parks month and the City of Oakland Office of Parks and Recreation is celebrating by hosting events throughout the City. There's fun for the whole family! Festivities kick off at Play Day on the Plaza - Friday, July 1 from 12-2 p.m. in front of Oakland City Hall … more >> |
Related links: - Contra Costa Times - Convention Center - East Bay Express - KTOP - Oakland Tribune - SF Chronicle - SF Examiner |
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