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  • Krudas Cubensi

    Friday Nights at OMCA | Krudas Cubensi & Drag Storytime with Per Sia

    OMCA campus

    Come out with Pride to Friday Nights at OMCA! Krudas Cubensi brings a blend of rap and poetry and Afro-Cuban music beats, like salsa, rumba, and Jazz from their album “They/Them Les Elles” and uplifts the resiliency of non-binary and trans people. The album being a collaboration between Krudas, Greg Landau and many local and international artists is an interwoven sonic tapestry that inspires reflection and action in the service of a better future for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.

    Free

  • Member Gallery Chats at OMCA

    OMCA Gallery of California History 1000 Oak St, Oakland, California, United States

    Join us for Member Gallery Chats, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators.

    Free for Members

  • Special Guest Gallery Chats: Julio Salgado

    OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    Join us for the final days of Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya at a special edition of Gallery Chats led by artist Julio Salgado, whose artwork is featured in the exhibition. Julio will lead visitors in a guided tour experience that centers his work and the themes of Unlearning Machismo, which is the title of his commission.

    Admission ticket required

  • Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples Opens!

    OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, California

    Mark your calendars for the much anticipated opening of our latest special exhibition, Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples coming Friday, June 14. Just in time for pride month, this multimedia exhibition navigates the interwoven threads of queer, feminist, intergenerational, and Xicanx-Indigenous stories that offer ancestral forms of liberation, healing and being.

    Special Exhibition ticket required
  • Reyna Tropical

    Friday Nights at OMCA with Reyna Tropical

    OMCA campus

    Mark your calendars for another blockbuster evening at Friday Nights at OMCA! The Garden stage will host the distinct and spellbinding, Reyna Tropical. Uplifting the sounds of the tropical diaspora, Reyna Topical is not only a musical exploration and celebration of the pulse of the tropical diaspora, but the band also represents a commitment to creating abundant spaces for Black, Indigenous, and Queer joy. 

    Free
  • group from teatro jornalero standing together with raised fists. Credit: Carla Hernandez Ramirez

    Spotlight Sundays: Undocumented Heart

    James Moore Theater +1 more

    For the closing of Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya, Spotlight Sundays will host a unique production of Undocumented Heart developed in collaboration with Teatro Jornalero, Peralta Hacienda, and the Oakland Theater Project. Teatro Jornalero is a LA based ensemble theater group made up of day laborers that uses theater, music, and dialogue to educate immigrant workers about their rights.

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