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SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA with Oaktown Jazz Workshops' Performance Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Friday Nights at OMCA\nSpecial Members Lounge\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformance by Oaktown Jazz Workshops’ Performance Ensemble\, Dance Ribbon Making\, DJ Music Set by JAZZ.FM\, and Gallery Chats\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA is ready to ignite the evening with an unforgettable lineup of music\, stories\, and hands-on activities for the whole family! This week\, we’re celebrating the gripping energy of jazz as the Oaktown Jazz Workshops’ Performance Ensemble takes the stage with a dynamic group of young musicians aged 14-18. These talented students will perform a mix of jazz classics alongside professional master musicians and alumni youth mentors. With performance at the core of their training\, Oaktown Jazz Workshops is preserving the jazz tradition and elevating the next generation of professional musicians\, educators\, and culture bearers. \n\n\n\nJAZZ.FM amplifies the atmosphere with a DJ set featuring an eclectic blend of R&B and hip-hop favorites. Experience even more creative flow with Drag Storytime with Per Sia’s lively reading of If I Built a School by Chris Van Dusen. In this exuberant book\, a boy imagines his dream school from classroom to playground\, offering a fun and imaginative escape for the whole family. And don’t forget the flair! Get creative and celebrate movement and the coming of spring with a fun and colorful ribbon-making activity. Craft your own dance ribbon and join in the festivities! \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA also offer guests a well-rounded gallery experience with Gallery Chats. Unlike the traditional museum tour\, Gallery Chats invites visitors to chat\, ask questions\, and connect with our OMCA facilitators\, who combine content knowledge with lived experience to encourage meaningful dialogue and fresh interpretations of our exhibitions. It’s a night filled with jazz\, stories\, and creativity perfect for all ages. Bring the whole family to OMCA for an unforgettable evening of music\, culture\, and fun! \n\n\n\nLimited $10 flat rate parking for Friday Nights is available in the OMCA Garage until 10 pm. Learn more about getting to the museum. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule:\n\n\n\n5–9 pm Core Galleries and Special Exhibitions evening hours with Museum ticket \n\n\n\n5:15 pm Drag Storytime with Per Sia | OMCA Garden \n\n\n\n5:30–7:30 pm Make a Dance Ribbon! | OMCA Garden \n\n\n\n5:30–7:30 pm Gallery Chats | All Galleries  \n\n\n\n6:30-8 pm Oaktown Jazz Workshops’ Performance Ensemble | Garden Stage \n\n\n\n6:45-8:45 pm JAZZ.FM DJ Set | Amphitheater \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin our email list to stay in the loop about Friday Nights at OMCA!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nGather with family\, friends\, and community every Friday at 5 pm for free live music and hands-on activities\, Off the Grid food trucks\, and late night access to our galleries and special exhibitions\, with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\nBring your own or grab dinner from any one of the 8 Off the Grid food trucks on 10th Street between Oak and Fallon Streets. Beer\, wine\, mixed and non-alcoholic drinks are available for sale. After grabbing a meal from a wide and weekly changing menu of culinary creations\, head to the OMCA Garden where you’ll find picnic tables and blankets to enjoy your local eats. Play lawn and table games\, enjoy weekly rotating Museum programming\, and create new memories at one of the Town’s most treasured spaces right in the heart of Oakland. \n\n\n\nNo outside alcohol permitted. Performances are subject to change. Limited $10 flat rate parking for Friday Nights is available in the OMCA Garage until 10 pm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\nOakland 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 visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOaktown Jazz Workshops’ Performance Ensemble\n\n\n\nJAZZ.FM\n\n\n\nPer Sia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOff the Grid Food Truck Lineup\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformer BIOS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n		\n        \n            \n\n			\n            \n				\n				                    About Oaktown Jazz Workshops\n				\n				                    Founded in 1994\, Oaktown Jazz Workshops is a non-profit\, community-based\, cultural education organization dedicated to passing on the tradition of jazz music to young people through music instruction\, educational presentations\, and live concerts in the community. Located in Jack London Square\, Oaktown Jazz Workshops gives young musicians a safe\, supportive space to grow into self-expression.  \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			\n            \n				\n				                    About JAZZ.FM\n				\n				                    JAZZ.FM is a DJ born and raised in the Bay Area. Although she is most rooted in hip-hop and R&B\, she is all about feeling the energy of a crowd rather than sticking to one genre. By tuning into JAZZ.FM\, you tune into her own unique frequency—an experience filled with joy and connection. \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			\n            \n				\n				                    About Per Sia\n				\n				                    Per Sia comes with a pedigree from weekly performances at the late\, iconic Esta Noche. Her trajectory has gone on to include art curation\, stand-up\, television\, and maybe a quinceañera or two\, in San Francisco\, Los Angeles\, and México. Per Sia is currently a regular performer in the nationally acclaimed “Drag Story Hour” as well as an educator in residence at an after-school arts program in the San Francisco Unified School District profiled on KQED Arts\, National Public Radio\, and CNN. \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is sponsored by the Oakland Museum Women’s Board and Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
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CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance
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