Friday Nights at OMCA featuring Havana Nights SF, presented by Rumbaché and The CaliDance!
Please note: The final Friday Nights at OMCA with OTG of 2023 will be October 27. Details below.
October 13, 2023 from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday Nights at OMCA featuring Havana Nights SF, presented by Rumbaché and The CaliDance!
Get ready to move and groove with Havana Nights SF, a celebration of Cuban music and dance with Rumbaché and The CaliDance fusing salsa, timba, bomba, funk, and whatever else they can find to spice up the mood! Families and children are invited to participate in a Community Art Project by creating an oak leaf that will be featured in an upcoming art installation by Chicana artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood.
4:30—7 pm – Fall Teacher Night, check in at Oak Street Plaza
6—7:30 pm – Oak Leaf Community Art Project
6—8 pm – Into the Brightness Gallery Activation Hours, Great Hall
6:30—8 pm – Havana Nights SF, presented by Rumbaché and The CaliDance, Garden
6:45—8:45 pm – DJ True Justice, 10th Street Amphitheater
More on the Programming
OMCA celebrates teachers during our Fall Teacher Night. Explore liberatory and creative education practices with Do Your Lessons Love Your Students? Creative Education for Social Change authors Mariah Rankine-Landers and Jessa Brie Moreno. Join a facilitated conversation on the role of love in education and try out some strategies during interactive workshops.
OMCA is working with Chicana artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood to create an installation that will be part of an upcoming exhibition in June 2024. Children and families are invited to participate in the Oak Leaf Community Art Project by tracing their hands on an oak leaf that will be used in the installation. Oak leaves will be used in the installation to honor the earth and they are meant to symbolize the role that family and place have in holding and creating memory. After tracing their hands, participants will be invited to draw, color, or write inside of their handprints to convey their feelings, hopes, thoughts, memories, and mark their family’s impact in the Bay Area.
Rumbaché and The CaliDance are joining forces once again for a special celebration of live Cuban music and dance! Rumbaché, known for performing deep timba and salsa grooves for all the bailadores out there, returns to OMCA fusing salsa, timba, bomba, funk, and whatever else they can find to spice up the mood! CaliDance, led by Yismari Tellez Ramos, will perform a special Cuban and Tropicana style dance throughout the evening. Do not miss their specialized choreography and collaboration, and what they are planning for the end of the night!
Accessibility
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible, welcoming, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs, sensory inclusive devices, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations, like American Sign Language (ASL), Cantonese, Spanish or another language interpreter, please email [email protected] at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options.
About Friday Nights with Off the Grid
Reconnect with family, friends, and community during Friday Nights at OMCA. These free events provide a gathering place each week, including live music, hands-on activities, Off the Grid (OTG) food trucks, and late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket.
Limited flat-rate parking for Friday Nights is available in the OMCA Garage for $10.
As we enter the holiday season, Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid (OTG) will begin its seasonal break. The final Friday Nights at OMCA with OTG of 2023 will be October 27. Oakland’s favorite weekly block party will resume in April 2024. During the Friday Nights break, OMCA will remain open to the public during the Museum’s regular business hours, including admission to special exhibitions, Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD and Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya.
Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America.
