BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) - ECPv6.15.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://museumca.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230428T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230428T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230315T005043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T203224Z UID:10000091-1682697600-1682712000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Youth vs. Apocalypse DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid | Youth vs. Apocalypse – Hip Hop & Climate Justice; DJ Siyah \n\n\n\nEngage in the climate justice movement through hip hop with Youth vs. Apocalypse. \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule: \n\n\n\n5–8 pm – Off the Grid Service (10th Street) \n\n\n\n5:30–6:30 pm – Siyah (Amphitheater stage) \n\n\n\n6:30–7:30 pm – Youth Vs. Apocalypse (Amphitheater stage) \n\n\n\n7:30–8:30 pm – Siyah (Amphitheater stage) \n\n\n\nBring your poems\, songs\, speeches\, verses\, and more! Youth Vs Apocalypse (YVA) will host an open mic-style Community Showcase at OMCA for all ages to provide space to navigate through injustices we all face in our respective communities. Even if it’s your first time on the mic or you have experience performing\, we want to hear your voice! \n\n\n\nYVA believes we not only need to speak up about these issues\, but we also need to listen to each other’s experiences. By recognizing each other’s struggle\, our strength increases. And with this strength\, we can create a solution that not only benefits one community but all communities.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Youth vs. Apocalypse (YVA)\n\n\n\nYouth Vs. Apocalypse is a diverse group of young climate justice activists working together to lift the voices of youth\, in particular youth of color and working class youth. Their collective action aims to fight for a livable climate and an equitable\, sustainable\, and just world.  \n\n\n\nYVA started as a group of Oakland youth\, supported by adults in their community\, using direct action and lobbying to fight a proposed coal terminal in their city\, then expanded its focus to other climate justice issues. After a video with youth from YVA pushing Senator Feinstein to support the Green New Deal went viral\, YVA students organized press conferences\, gave interviews\, wrote Op Eds\, and developed a website. By September 2019\, YVA organized a crowd of 30\,000\, after working as a group to develop an intersectional set of targets and demands\, organizing transportation for thousands of students from around the Bay Area\, and connecting with dozens of labor and community groups\, many of whom took climate action for the first time. YVA youth have supported climate actions across the state\, taken leadership on local and statewide campaigns\, and continued their presence in national media. YVA was recently named by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts as one of (and the only youth-led) YBCA 100. YVA is now a local group of young people who are impacting national conversations on climate. \n\n\n\nYVA expands and redefines who leads in the climate movement through peer-to peer community organizing that meets frontline young people where they are and supports their powerful\, strategic leadership\, whether they previously considered themselves “leaders” or “environmentalists” or not. Through YVA\, youth leaders also have the support to work collaboratively and in community\, building the broad coalition we need to achieve system-wide change. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nReconnect with family\, friends\, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week\, including live music\, hands-on activities\, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-featuring-youth-vs-apocalypse/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Event-header-yva-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T153000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230307T185356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T163230Z UID:10000086-1682758800-1682782200@museumca.org SUMMARY:HEALING JUSTICE: Exploring Public Art Practices Symposium  DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a day of performances\, presentations\, and conversations that will explore public art practices that are pushing the boundaries of what it means to heal in the midst of challenging times. \n\n\n\nHosted at the Oakland Museum of California\, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation’s Exploring Public Art Practices Symposium is a biennial\, one-day conference that brings together California artists from a range of practices to investigate the power of art in the public realm. \n\n\n\nThis year’s theme\, HEALING JUSTICE\, offers a poignant and timely topic to the Symposium. After three years of a global pandemic\, ongoing racial unrest\, climate disasters\, and a divisive political landscape\, these public artists are turning to practices that offer us opportunities to engage in communal healing. \n\n\n\nTickets for this day-long symposium are $25 for general public and $20 for OMCA Members. \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nMember Tickets\n\n\n\n\nFeatured presenters\n\n\n\nDohee Lee\, Keisha Turner\, Alex Bledsoe\, The Oakland Lowdown\, Angela Hennessy\, Cara Levine\, Hector Dionicio Mendoza\, Damien McDuffie\, Andreína Maldonado\, The Future IDs Project\, and a curated community building food experience hosted by La Cocina and Wahpepah’s Kitchen. \n\n\n\nView the event page in Spanish. \n\n\n\nMore on the offerings\n\n\n\nThis is Not a Gun with Cara Levine and Angela Hennessy This Is Not A Gun is a socially engaged artwork whose purpose is to utilize collective creative activism to open space for healing and cultivate an increased awareness of racial profiling\, police brutality\, and societal trauma in America. Through workshops participants recreate objects in clay that police have mistaken for guns. This Is Not A Gun is hosted by artists\, activists\, healers\, and mindfulness collaborators. \n\n\n\nArtistic Collaboration in Grassroots Performance with Andreína Maldonado (Workshop in Spanish only. English translation headsets will be available)Participants will learn about different somatics and artistic methodologies that can be used when working and collaborating with grassroots immigrant communities. The group will  explore concepts such as Popular Education as it relates to space facilitation\, leadership and collective knowledge; Body Somatics as it relates to wellness\, sustainability and resilience; and collective Art-Making as it relates to storytelling\, lyricism\, and movement expression. \n\n\n\nNews as Justice: Sharing Community Stories of Healing with the Oakland Lowdown How might we reframe local news as a force for liberation and elevate narratives of healing from our communities? This two-part workshop will explore tools from journalism that can help us ask important questions and tell stories that build power and agency. Participants will practice interviewing techniques and hear firsthand from community health advocates in Oakland. The goal is to facilitate a continuous interview that the Oakland Lowdown will record to produce a video segment of the iterative conversation. \n\n\n\nFuture IDs Art & Justice Leadership Cohort with Dr. Luis Garcia\, Rebecca Jackson\, Kirn Kim\, Phillip Lester\, Emiliano Lopez\, Sabrina Reid\, Jessica Tully\, and Gregory Sale This forum focuses on the most recent iteration of Future IDs\, a social-impact initiative about justice reform and second chances after incarceration. It will include a conversation on how the Cohort cultivates system-impacted and allied changemakers\, encouraging and enabling them to generate collaborative and individually-led advocacy programs as they strive to become more horizontal in their shared knowledge\, decision making\, and work together. \n\n\n\nCreando Espacio/ Making Space\, A Collaborative Community Based Project with Hector Dionicio MendozaCreando Espacio is a participatory art installation by Bay Area based artist\, Hector Dionicio Mendoza in collaboration with Amalia Mesa-Bains\, Viviana Paredes\, and Steve White.  As a child\, Mendoza grew up with a great appreciation for the importance of faith\, ritual\, and alternative healing traditions as practiced by his grandfather\, a fifth-generation curandero (shaman).  In Mexico\, as well as Central and South America\, the curandera/o plays an important role to many people embarking on the long and challenging journey to El Norte/The North (the United States)\, providing blessings and protection before they depart in search of a better way of life. Creando Espacio draws on Mendoza’s childhood memories creating an outdoor dwelling that modernizes his grandfather’s healing space in Mexico. \n\n\n\nPerformances\n\n\n\nMaroon is My Favorite Color (excerpt) by Keisha TurnerA movement-based exploration that asks\, what alternatives are there to the disorienting\, generational overexposure to extractive and exploitative labor? This embodied journey is an invitation to other Diasporic Africans to consider how we might “maroon” – that is\, self-emancipate – in a contemporary context.    \n\n\n\n칠성 새남굿- Chilseong SaenamGut (Duringut): Ritual for Sickness by Dohee LeeIn order to heal\, Dohee Lee calls upon a ritual for sickness\, illness\, and destruction from Jeju Island\, her hometown. This ritual is for facing and naming challenges\, for purging destructive and monstrous spirits (Heomaengyee-허맹이 *)\, white supremacy\, and patriarchal culture\,and inviting back vital spirits (Chilseong-칠성신 **). \n\n\n\nAbout the emcee\n\n\n\nAlex Bledsoe will emcee the event and help us shape the day with her insight and vision. Alex is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist whose work is rooted in Black liberation\, healing justice and health equity. \n\n\n\nAbout The Symposium\n\n\n\nThis program is curated and produced by the Learning\, Experience\, and Programming Team at OMCA. \n\n\n\nLaunched in 2016\, the Exploring Public Art Practices Symposium is supported by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and is part of its Open Spaces Program. This grantmaking program has awarded over $2.8 million to enable artists to create temporary\, place-based public art projects that are responsive to issues relevant to communities in San Francisco and Oakland. \n\n\n\nKenneth Rainin Foundation is dedicated to enhancing quality of life by championing and sustaining the arts\, promoting early childhood literacy and supporting research to cure chronic disease. \n\n\n\nSupported by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/healing-justice/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Workshop,Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/53.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T153000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230315T161339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T185612Z UID:10000092-1682758800-1682782200@museumca.org SUMMARY:JUSTICIA DE SANACIÓN: Simposio Explorando las Prácticas del Arte Público DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJUSTICIA DE SANACIÓN: Simposio Explorando las Prácticas del Arte Público \n\n\n\nSábado 29 de abril de 2023 en el Oakland Museum de California  \n\n\n\nAcompáñenos en una jornada de actuaciones\, presentaciones y conversaciones que explorarán las prácticas artísticas públicas que amplían los límites de lo que significa sanar en medio de tiempos difíciles. \n\n\n\nEl Simposio Explorando las Prácticas del Arte Público de la Kenneth Rainin Foundation\, organizado en el Oakland Museum of California\, es una conferencia bienal de un día que reúne a artistas de California de diversas disciplinas para investigar el poder del arte en el ámbito público. \n\n\n\nLa temática de este año\, HEALING JUSTICE (JUSTICIA DE SANACIÓN)\, ofrece al Simposio un tema emotivo y oportuno. Tras tres años de pandemia mundial\, disturbios raciales continuos\, desastres climáticos y un panorama político que causa divisiones\, estos artistas públicos recurren a prácticas que nos dan la oportunidad de participar en una sanación comunitaria. \n\n\n\nEntre los ponentes figuran Dohee Lee\, Keisha Turner of Deep Waters Dance\, Alex Bledsoe\, The Oakland Lowdown\, Angela Hennessy\, Cara Levine\, Hector Dionicio Mendoza\, Damien McDuffie\, Andreína Maldonado\, The Future IDs Project\, y habrá una experiencia gastronómica comunitaria organizada por La Cocina y Wahpepah’s Kitchen. \n\n\n\nVer página del evento en inglés \n\n\n\n\nCONSEGUIR ENTRADAS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccesibilidad\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEl Museo de Oakland de California (OMCA) se compromete a proporcionar programas que sean accesibles\, acogedores e inclusivos para nuestra comunidad. Los dispositivos de asistencia auditiva y las sillas de ruedas están disponibles para pagar por orden de llegada en el mostrador de venta de boletos. Para solicitar otras adaptaciones\, como lenguaje de señas americano (ASL)\, cantonés\, español u otro intérprete de idioma\, envíe un correo electrónico visitor@museumca.org al menos tres semanas antes del evento. \n\n\n\nCon el apoyo de la Fundación Kenneth Rainin. \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 URL:https://museumca.org/event/healing-justice-exploring-public-art-justicia-de-sanacion/ LOCATION:OMCA campus CATEGORIES:Workshop,Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/53.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230407T234058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T234059Z UID:10000102-1682769600-1682773200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Activation Hour DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*This is a free event\, but all non-OMCA Members must purchase a Special Exhibition ticket to go on a tour. No reservation needed. \n\n\n\nEnjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Activation Hour\, an informal drop-in experience\, every Saturday 1pm – 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall for Angela Davis–Seize the Time. Spend time with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer Gallery Activation facilitators who will generate conversations and engagement throughout the hour\, reimagining how we activate our galleries. \n\n\n\n\nGet TICKETS\n\n\n\n\nAbout Gallery Activation Hour\n\n\n\nGallery Activation Hour (GAH) puts a twist on the traditional museum tour. Using an informal approach\, our GAH Facilitators combine content knowledge with lived experience. Centering community voice and encouraging dialogue in our galleries provides meaningful and  fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-activation-hour-2/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/64.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230404T235907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230405T000221Z UID:10000095-1682845200-1682859600@museumca.org SUMMARY:City Nature Challenge 2023 DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA staff is teaming up with other Oakland nature centers and groups to organize a community science event where the public helps to document the biodiversity of Lake Merritt.  \n\n\n\nThe free event is part of the City Nature Challenge\, a friendly global competition to see which cities can get the most observations of wildlife! Help the SF Bay Area win! \n\n\n\nIt is free to sign up! \n\n\n\n\nSign up\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout City Nature Challenge\n\n\n\nThe City Nature Challenge has the goal of documenting as much biodiversity in an area as possible. During this event\, come learn about the thousands of organisms that call this place home and help document them as part of the City Nature Challenge. Local naturalists will be on hand to help you find and identify organisms. Bring your smart phone pre-loaded with the iNaturalist app\, food for lunch\, and any tools that you think will help you find organisms. There will be stations around the lake focusing on different habitats\, organisms and some short guided walks with experts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/city-nature-challenge-2023/ CATEGORIES:Offsite,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Event-header-CityNature-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230505T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230505T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230406T212335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T212413Z UID:10000096-1683302400-1683316800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAsian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration with Children’s Day Hands-On Windsock Making and DJ Teao Sense.May 5th is celebrated as Children’s Day in Japan and South Korea. Creating windsocks\, or koinobori flags\, is one way people in Japan celebrate the holiday. Join us at OMCA to create your own windsock and celebrate the youth in your community. Teao Sense is a visionary DJ / Multi-instumentalist / Producer with a passion for music as a tool for social change and raising positive vibrations. \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule: \n\n\n\n5–8 pm – Off the Grid Service (10th Street)\, windsock making (Garden)\, Teao Sense (Amphitheater stage) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nReconnect with family\, friends\, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week\, including live music\, hands-on activities\, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-featuring-asian-american-pacific-islander-celebration/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Event-header-GAH.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230428T171633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T173118Z UID:10000106-1683374400-1683378000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Activation Hour DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*This is a free event\, but all non-OMCA Members must purchase a Special Exhibition ticket to go on a tour. No reservation needed. \n\n\n\nEnjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Activation Hour\, an informal drop-in experience\, every Saturday 1pm – 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall for Angela Davis–Seize the Time. Spend time with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer Gallery Activation facilitators who will generate conversations and engagement throughout the hour\, reimagining how we activate our galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Gallery Activation Hour\n\n\n\nGallery Activation Hour (GAH) puts a twist on the traditional museum tour. Using an informal approach\, our GAH Facilitators combine content knowledge with lived experience. Centering community voice and encouraging dialogue in our galleries provides meaningful and  fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-activation-hour-may-6/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Black_Power-14.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230512T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230512T180000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230406T214810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T183059Z UID:10000100-1683905400-1683914400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Spring Teacher Night at Friday Nights at OMCA DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeachers can celebrate the end of the school year with OMCA during its spring Teacher Night. Part of OMCA’s regular Friday Nights\, the evening features music and performances curated by Afrocentric Oakland. \n\n\n\nCheck in at the Teacher Night table for free gallery admission for all teachers and chaperones\, plus Off the Grid food truck and bar tickets for the first 100 arrivals! \n\n\n\nThis event is free for teachers and chaperones\, no RSVP required. \n\n\n\n\nSUBSCRIBE TO EDUCATOR NEWS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/spring-teacher-night/ CATEGORIES:Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/new-site-event-header-resliience-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230512T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230512T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230406T212810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T231558Z UID:10000097-1683907200-1683921600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Afrocentric Oakland DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for live performances promoting family\, community\, culture and love! Celebrating its 14th year\, Afrocentric Oakland is dedicated to building bridges across the African diaspora and improving the holistic wellness of the Black/African community in the Bay Area. \n\n\n\nIn addition\, DJ Fanny Fathom will be providing music on the Amphitheater stage from 6 to 8 pm. \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\n5 pm –  Face painting by Bush Mama  \n\n\n\n5–6 pm – DJ set by DJ K-La V \n\n\n\n6 pm – Meditation by Akilah Burford \n\n\n\n6:10–6:25 pm – Yoga Class by Rondy Isaac  \n\n\n\n6:30–7:15 pm – Live music by Soul Mechanix  \n\n\n\n7:15–7:35 pm – Afro Dance Class by Alicia  \n\n\n\n7:35–8:30 pm – DJ set by DJ Aebl Dee \n\n\n\nAbout Afrocentric Oakland\n\n\n\nAfrocentric Oakland has been dedicated to strengthening community\, building bridges across the African diaspora\, and improving the wellness of Black/African people in Oakland and beyond for 13 years. Over 75\,000 people have participated in Afrocentric Oakland’s culturally sustaining events and programs. \n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nReconnect with family\, friends\, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week\, including live music\, hands-on activities\, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-afrocentric-oakland/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Header-Image-reciprocity.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230428T171801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T173216Z UID:10000107-1683979200-1683982800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Activation Hour DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*This is a free event\, but all non-OMCA Members must purchase a Special Exhibition ticket to go on a tour. No reservation needed. \n\n\n\nEnjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Activation Hour\, an informal drop-in experience\, every Saturday 1pm – 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall for Angela Davis–Seize the Time. Spend time with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer Gallery Activation facilitators who will generate conversations and engagement throughout the hour\, reimagining how we activate our galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Gallery Activation Hour\n\n\n\nGallery Activation Hour (GAH) puts a twist on the traditional museum tour. Using an informal approach\, our GAH Facilitators combine content knowledge with lived experience. Centering community voice and encouraging dialogue in our galleries provides meaningful and  fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-activation-hour-may-13/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_OMCA_Exhibition_AngelaDavis_SeizeTheTime_Visitor_PhotoCredit_ChristineCueto_DSF9892-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230514T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230514T150000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230503T202623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T203034Z UID:10000110-1684058400-1684076400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Mother's Day Brunch at Town Fare DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCelebrate Mother’s Day with a soulful\, celebratory buffet brunch featuring Southern soul food by Chef Michele McQueen and DJ music by Mark Divita. \n\n\n\nThis brunch is an opportunity for us to break bread and celebrate Moms. Gathering over food has long been a staple for our community\, and Mother’s Day tradition! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSoul and Jazz music (DJ)\n\n\n\nYour choice of 1 of 2 two-hour indoor Brunch seating/set reservations (11:30AM or 2:00PM)\, beverage and gratuity additional cost on site.\n\n\n\nBuffet items: southern fried chicken\, applewood smoked bacon\, chicken apple sausage links\, waffles\, brioche french toast\, grits\, cajun shrimp sauce\, breakfast potatoes\, mac and cheese\, baby greens salad\, shrimp pasta salad\, fresh fruit\, biscuits\, omelette station\, assorted desserts. Non-refundable.\n\n\n\nFeatured wines: P. Harrell Wines and Wachira Black Label Sparkling Wine\n\n\n\n\nSpace is limited\, reservations only. No refunds. \n\n\n\n\nREserve\n\n\n\n\nTransportation: Car or BART (1 block away at Lake Merritt Station) \n\n\n\nParking: Street (free) and underground (fee) garage (closes at 6PM) at Oakland Museum\, BART station parking (free) 1 block away. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/mothers-day-brunch/ CATEGORIES:Town Fare Cafe ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_503996819_134726489720_1_original.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230519T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230519T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230406T213515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T193851Z UID:10000098-1684512000-1684526400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Into the Brightness Dance Party DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid | Into the Brightness Garden Dance Party\, DJ Sake One\, Photo booth\, KaraokeCelebrate the opening of Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored\, Creative Growth & NIAD\, which celebrates myriad works from contemporary artists with developmental disabilities. From painting to sculpture to multimedia\, these world-renowned artists are producing work of incredible power\, exuberance\, humor\, complexity\, and joy.Join the artists and studios in celebrating this original\, collaborative exhibition\, which is the largest museum exhibition in over a decade featuring artists from the three local organizations – Creativity Explored in San Francisco\, Creative Growth in Oakland\, and NIAD (Nurturing Independence Through Artistic Development) Art Center in Richmond. The opening dance party will feature DJs from local studios\, a karaoke corner\, and a photo booth – disco dress up is encouraged!  \n\n\n\n\nGET EXHIBITION TICKETS\n\n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nReconnect with family\, friends\, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week\, including live music\, hands-on activities\, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-featuring-into-the-brightness-garden-dance-party/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Into-the-Brightness-Marilyn-Wong-header-IMAGE-2-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230520T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230520T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230428T172208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T173343Z UID:10000108-1684584000-1684587600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Activation Hour DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*This is a free event\, but all non-OMCA Members must purchase a Special Exhibition ticket to go on a tour. No reservation needed. \n\n\n\nEnjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Activation Hour\, an informal drop-in experience\, every Saturday 1pm – 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall for Angela Davis–Seize the Time. Spend time with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer Gallery Activation facilitators who will generate conversations and engagement throughout the hour\, reimagining how we activate our galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Gallery Activation Hour\n\n\n\nGallery Activation Hour (GAH) puts a twist on the traditional museum tour. Using an informal approach\, our GAH Facilitators combine content knowledge with lived experience. Centering community voice and encouraging dialogue in our galleries provides meaningful and  fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-activation-hour-may-20/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/64.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230521T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230521T133000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230414T204856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T203824Z UID:10000104-1684670400-1684675800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Preserving Black Memory: A Conversation with Oakland Culture Keepers DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe exhibition Angela Davis: Seize the Time centers around a rich archive collected by the Oakland-based activist and archivist Lisbet Tellefsen. This material speaks to Angela Davis’ story and the practice of preserving Black legacies more broadly. This discussion will delve into some of the challenges posed by social and institutional erasure and will consider ways to gather\, sustain\, and give life to Black material culture both tangible and intangible. The program will explore the multifaceted methods of memory work\, including documenting social movements\, objects as memory\, and strategies for keeping Black history alive.The panel includes activist and archivist Lisbet Tellefsen; Odette Pollar of Rainbow Sign\, a Black centered Bay Area cultural icon\, performance venue\, political organizing nexus and a legendary cafe; and Damien McDuffie\, founder and creative director of Black Terminus\, a creative studio and augmented reality platform for Black art and the Black cultural archive. The conversation will be moderated by Leigh Raiford\, Professor of African American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. \n\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\nGeneral Admission Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMORE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lisbet Tellefsen is a community archivist\, cultural producer and documentarian. Her work focuses on late 20th century African Americana with specializations including Angela Davis\, the Black Panther Party and black queer culture.  \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Odette Pollar is a nationally acclaimed speaker\, author of 5 books\, newspaper columnist\, trainer and consultant. She has been the Executive Director of the non-profit\, The Plant Exchange\, the largest plant swap in the country for the last 15 years. Odette’s parents started The Rainbow Sign and she has inherited the artifacts and materials documenting this amazing institution.  \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Damien McDuffie is a creative technologist\, digital archivist\, and developer primarily concerned with augmented reality (AR) art experiences. Influenced by Dr. Huey P. Newton’s treatise on  “Technology Question\,” he developed an augmented reality camera app and platform for Black archives and culture called Black Terminus AR.  \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Leigh Raiford is Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at the University of California\, Berkeley\, where she teaches\, researches\, curates and writes about race\, gender\, justice and visuality.  At Berkeley\, Raiford is also Co-Director with Tianna S. Paschel of the Black Studies Collaboratory\, a three year initiative to amplify the world-building work of Black Studies funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. URL:https://museumca.org/event/preserving-black-memory/ CATEGORIES:Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/header-youthvapo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230526T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230526T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230406T214156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T214258Z UID:10000099-1685116800-1685131200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring DJ Teao Sense with Audiopharmacy DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDJ Teao Sense with Audiopharmacy and Special Guests w/ DJ Emory-Adonis on the Amphitheater Stage \n\n\n\nDJ Teao Sense and Audiopharmacy Prescriptions celebrate AAPI heritage month with a performance created to highlight Asian American and Pacific Islander cultures. On stage will be Teao Sense (Production\, DJ\, Scratches\, Guitar\, Bass\, Percussion\, Beatbox – Chinese) Azeem Ward (Flute\, Flute Beatbox\, Sax – Fijian)\, poko d. (Movement\, Vocals – Filipino) Jibril Alvarez (Keys – Filipino)\, Mogli (Drums – Filipino)\, love/speak (Poetry\, Movement – Filipino) Princess Silva (Dance Facilitation – Filipino)\, Ras K’dee (Vocals – Pomo)\, Gina Madrid (Vocals – Mexico)\, and more! \n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nReconnect with family\, friends\, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week\, including live music\, hands-on activities\, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-featuring-featuring-dj-teao-sense-with-audiopharmacy/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/8532941313_ee089187b6_b.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230527T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230527T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230428T172524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T174256Z UID:10000109-1685188800-1685192400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Activation Hour DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*This is a free event\, but all non-OMCA Members must purchase a Special Exhibition ticket to go on a tour. No reservation needed. \n\n\n\nEnjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Activation Hour\, an informal drop-in experience\, every Saturday 1pm – 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall for Angela Davis–Seize the Time. Spend time with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer Gallery Activation facilitators who will generate conversations and engagement throughout the hour\, reimagining how we activate our galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Gallery Activation Hour\n\n\n\nGallery Activation Hour (GAH) puts a twist on the traditional museum tour. Using an informal approach\, our GAH Facilitators combine content knowledge with lived experience. Centering community voice and encouraging dialogue in our galleries provides meaningful and  fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-activation-hour-may-27/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/64.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230602T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230602T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230510T194457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T194458Z UID:10000111-1685721600-1685736000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Alphabet Rockers DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKick-Off June with Pride with Alphabet Rockers\, Hands-On Poster Making\, and DJ Danny Fathom with Skyline Siberia \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule:\n\n\n\n5–8 pm – Off the Grid Service5–8 pm – Pride Month Poster Making Activity  (Garden)6-6:50 pm – Alphabet Rockers (Garden)6:30–8:30 pm – Music by DJ Danny Fathom with Skyline Siberia (Amphitheater) \n\n\n\nCome together to kick off Pride Month with poster making for all ages\, sing-along with an always brave and beautiful performance by Oakland’s own Grammy-winning Alphabet Rockers\, and move and groove to DJ Fanny Fathom and Skyline Siberia. \n\n\n\nAbout Alphabet Rockers\n\n\n\nAlphabet Rockers make music that makes change. Founded by Kaitlin McGaw (she/her) and Tommy Shepherd (he/him/they)\, this intergenerational group creates brave spaces to shape a more equitable world through hip hop. Audiences will explore elements of hip hop together\, have shared moments to express and uplift affirmations\, reflections and get our bodies moving in celebration and joy!Grammy Award-winning Alphabet Rockers make music and content that makes change. Led by Kaitlin McGaw (she/her) and Tommy Soulati Shepherd (he/him/they)\, Alphabet Rockers create brave spaces to shape a more equitable world through hip hop. Alphabet Rockers’ music inspires kids and families to stand up to hate and be their brave and beautiful selves. Their 2020 Grammy-nominated album\, The Love\, lifts up voices of our trans\, two-spirit and gender non-conforming community. The Movement\, their 2023 Grammy-winning album\, amplifies restorative justice and is a soundtrack for a reimagined world of belonging and justice. \n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nReconnect with family\, friends\, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week\, including live music\, hands-on activities\, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-featuring-alphabet-rockers/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/header-youthvapo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230603T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230603T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230511T181021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230511T220032Z UID:10000118-1685793600-1685797200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Activation Hour DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*This is a free event\, but all non-OMCA Members must purchase a Special Exhibition ticket to go on a tour. No reservation needed. \n\n\n\nEnjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Activation Hour\, an informal drop-in experience\, every Saturday 1pm – 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall for Angela Davis–Seize the Time. Spend time with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer Gallery Activation facilitators who will generate conversations and engagement throughout the hour\, reimagining how we activate our galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Gallery Activation Hour\n\n\n\nGallery Activation Hour (GAH) puts a twist on the traditional museum tour. Using an informal approach\, our GAH Facilitators combine content knowledge with lived experience. Centering community voice and encouraging dialogue in our galleries provides meaningful and  fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-activation-hour-june-3/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/52.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230609T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230609T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230510T195253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T170406Z UID:10000112-1686326400-1686340800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Archiving Gold with Gold Beams DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBring an object or come share a story about your Oakland experience to live on the Gold Beams digital archive and the Oakland Public Library History Center for future generations to come. \n\n\n\nNarrate your own history at OMCA with Archiving Gold in collaboration with Gold Beams and the Oakland Public Library History Center. Bring an object\, a photo\, a writing or just share a story that symbolizes your culture and wisdom as you experience it right now in Oakland. Guests are empowered to imagine: “What would you want future generations to know about life in Oakland today?”  \n\n\n\nGold Beams photographer Dorean Raye will photograph your object and develop a digital archive of the stories in a portal on the Gold Beams website. The Oakland Public Library History Center will produce a printed version for their shelves that will live on for generations to come.  \n\n\n\nMeanwhile don’t miss electrifying emcee King Langstyn\, live music by Dani Offline and Beatnik Scum\, and high energy DJ Ignacia. Emcee King Langstyn creates a space for all to interact in a genuine\, real-life way\, bringing a lifetime of experience as a mixed-media artist\, stand-up comic\, and producer. Singer\, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dani Offline is known for an elastic voice and smooth lyrical flow. Rap artist Beatnik Scum rocks the crowd with an emotionally raw\, and vulnerable performance that hits the soul. Be ready to dance hard and listen closely to hear some remixes of your favorite songs and songs you may never have experienced before with DJ Ignacia. \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule:\n\n\n\n5–8 pm – Off the Grid Service5-9 pm – Archiving Gold with Gold Beams  and Photographer Dorean Raye (Garden)6:30–8:30 pm – Music by DJ Ignacia  (Amphitheater)6–7:30 pm – Music by Dani Offline & Beatnik Scum (Garden)About Emcee Langstyn Avery As a mixed media artist\, Langstyn Avery’s work covers a broad range of mediums\, but his true passion lies in creating spaces for people to interact with each other in a genuine\, real-life way. With a natural charisma and comedic talent honed through years of performing stand-up comedy\, Langstyn brings laughter and joy to the lives of thousands\, using his art as a means of reaching out to people and connecting with them on a deep\, personal level.Currently serving as the Manager and Producer of Events at Wolfe Pack Studio\, Langstyn has been responsible for a wide variety of events\, ranging from the Blue Room Comedy series to Live at the Hatch\, No Ordinary Poetry event\, Holy Ground Comedy\, Negus in Nature\, and a plethora of other events aimed at encouraging human interaction.About Dani OfflineOakland musician Dani Offline could adorn herself with five titles\, she chose to: songwriter\, composer\, producer\, multi-instrumentalist\, vocalist\, performer. Jewels on a necklace. Instead\, she swathes herself with the fruits of her craft. Each song is an invitation to tumble into a dreamscape: diaphanous\, evocative\, and realer than the waking world. Her lyrical flow\, elastic voice\, and lush production intertwine into sonic experiences as natural as spring water: mesmerizing to behold\, sweet to drink from.About Beatnik ScumFollowing the release of “Death Coast”\, Beatnik organized an epic show for his fans at the Guild Theatre in Oak Park that consisted of lines out the doors\, Beatnik chants\, and sold out scum merchandise. A huge success\, this was just the beginning of Beatnik’s stage journey. \n\n\n\nOver the course of several months\, the local artist scene got wind of Beatnik Scum and he began performing at numerous venues in Sacramento’s Downtown scene. He then went on to host another show in August 2022\, selling out the Starlet Room @ Harlows performing his newest\, unreleased album “Inner Thoughts”. He rocked the crowd with an emotionally raw\, and vulnerable performance that hit the soul and left fans feeling connected and seen in their internal struggles and battles against mental health. \n\n\n\nBeatnik continues to take the stage\, and has taken his work out-of-town and out-of-state performing in Ohio\, Los Angeles\, Oakland\, and more.About DJ Ignacia DJ Ignacia is an energy curator unlike you’ve ever heard before. Be ready to dance hard & listen closely to hear some remixes of your favorite songs and songs you may never have experienced before. Their wide selection of music will astound you. \n\n\n\nAbout Gold BeamsGold Beams produces events made for Black creatives and the Black community at large. We’re a production company and are also contracted to project manage productions for others. We have two missions. The first is to support Black creatives making careers from their art. The second is to produce events that bring people joy. \n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nReconnect with family\, friends\, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week\, including live music\, hands-on activities\, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-featuring-archiving-gold-with-gold-beams/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/header-youthvapo-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230511T195427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230511T195427Z UID:10000119-1686398400-1686402000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Activation Hour DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*This is a free event\, but all non-OMCA Members must purchase a Special Exhibition ticket to go on a tour. No reservation needed. \n\n\n\nEnjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Activation Hour\, an informal drop-in experience\, every Saturday 1pm – 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall for Angela Davis–Seize the Time. Spend time with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer Gallery Activation facilitators who will generate conversations and engagement throughout the hour\, reimagining how we activate our galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Gallery Activation Hour\n\n\n\nGallery Activation Hour (GAH) puts a twist on the traditional museum tour. Using an informal approach\, our GAH Facilitators combine content knowledge with lived experience. Centering community voice and encouraging dialogue in our galleries provides meaningful and  fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-activation-hour-june-10/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_OMCA_Exhibition_AngelaDavis_SeizeTheTime_Visitor_PhotoCredit_ChristineCueto_DSF9892-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230611T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230611T150000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230511T161445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T184016Z UID:10000114-1686484800-1686495600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Archiving Gold: Everyday People in Oakland Storytelling Our History (Part II) DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$1–30\, sliding scale \n\n\n\nWhat would you want future generations to know about life in Oakland today? Come narrate your own history at OMCA! \n\n\n\nArchiving Gold is a two-part program presented in collaboration with Gold Beams and the Oakland Public Library History Center inviting everyday people to narrate and archive their own history of Oakland for future generations. You’re invited to participate in either or both parts of this engaging two-part program. \n\n\n\nPART 1 \n\n\n\nPart one is integrated into our popular Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid. Bring an object\, a photo\, a writing or just share a story that symbolizes your culture and wisdom as you experience it right now in Oakland. Gold Beams photographer Dorean Raye will photograph your object and develop a digital archive of the stories in a portal on the Gold Beams website and the Oakland Public Library History Center will produce a printed version for their shelves that will live on for generations to come.  \n\n\n\nPART 2 \n\n\n\nThis Sunday Public Program will offer a deeper dive into the practices of community partners who are doing the work of holding and shaping Oakland culture and history. We will showcase a visual display of the digital archive produced from the Friday Night event.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\nGeneral Admission Tickets\n\n\n\n\nThe panel will include Tayleur Crenshaw Founder and Co-owner of Gold Beams\,  Elisha Greenwell\, Founder & CEO of the Black Joy Parade\, Carolyn Johnson\, CEO of Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation\, Sheilby Macena\,  photographer whose work focuses on intimacy and personal histories that document the past and honor the present and Travis Watts\, Founder and ED at Afrocentric Oakland and Oakland Juneteenth Festival. The conversation will be moderated by Kiersten Chresfield. \n\n\n\nAfter the discussion we invite visitors to join us to continue the conversation at the black woman and Howard University alumni-owned OMCA’s Town Fare by Chef Michele McQueen. Come taste the hearty and delicious brunch menu and sip on the special edition “Archiving Gold” signature mimosa (regular menu prices apply). \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/archiving-gold/ CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/header-youthvapo-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230616T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230616T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230511T154155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230616T182712Z UID:10000113-1686931200-1686945600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring ODUN AYO: A Juneteenth Celebration with OUSD DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nODUN AYO: A Juneteenth Celebration of Black Families\, Students and Staff Thriving in Black Joy and Excellence in OUSD \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule:5–8 pm – Off the Grid Service5:30-8:30 pm – ODUN AYO: A Juneteenth Celebration of Black Families\, Students and Staff Thriving in Black Joy and Excellence in OUSD\, organized  by Spearitwurx (Garden)6:30-8:30 pm – DJ Sake One (Amphitheater)Join us for a pre-Juneteenth evening to celebrate and honor Black students\, staff\, and families in Oakland schools. Featuring live performances by Queen Iminah and African American Females of Excellence (AAFE)\, Kingmakers of Oakland\, Spear of the Nation\, interactive activities\, and community resources to uplift Black Joy and Excellence in the Oakland Unified School District. Organized by Spearitwurx with AAFE\, African American Male Achievement (AAMA)\, and OUSD Office of Equity. \n\n\n\nLearn about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nReconnect with family\, friends\, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week\, including live music\, hands-on activities\, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-featuring-odun-ayo-a-juneteenth-celebration-with-ousd/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/header-youthvapo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230511T214724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230616T182652Z UID:10000121-1687003200-1687006800@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Activation Hour DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*This is a free event\, but all non-OMCA Members must purchase a Special Exhibition ticket to go on a tour. No reservation needed. \n\n\n\nEnjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Activation Hour\, an informal drop-in experience\, every Saturday 1pm – 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall for Angela Davis–Seize the Time. Spend time with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer Gallery Activation facilitators who will generate conversations and engagement throughout the hour\, reimagining how we activate our galleries. \n\n\n\nLearn about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Gallery Activation Hour\n\n\n\nGallery Activation Hour (GAH) puts a twist on the traditional museum tour. Using an informal approach\, our GAH Facilitators combine content knowledge with lived experience. Centering community voice and encouraging dialogue in our galleries provides meaningful and  fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-activation-hour-june-17/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/64.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230511T163052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230616T182635Z UID:10000115-1687021200-1687032000@museumca.org SUMMARY:Wade in the Water: A Journey Into Black Surfing and Aquatic Culture DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a pre-screening of Wade In the Water: A Journey Into Black Surfing and Aquatic Culture and reception with Brown Girl Surf\, and Black.Surfers. \n\n\n\nMeet leaders of these organizations and learn about their work supporting Black and Brown people to experience surfing and gain access to the joy and power of the ocean. Learn how to get involved in the movement to diversify surf culture including upcoming events and opportunities around the Bay and beyond. Post-screening Q&A and Talk Panel with David Mesfin\, Director/Writer/Producer;  \n\n\n\nBeyin Abraha\, Executive Producer; and Kayiita Johansson\, Founder of Black.Surfers. \n\n\n\nLearn about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\nGENERAL TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram schedule:\n\n\n\n6–6:55 pm  – Opening Reception with Brown Girl Surf and Black.Surfers (OMCA Garden) \n\n\n\n7:10–8:15 pm – Wade In The Water Film Screening (James Moore Theater) \n\n\n\n8:15–9:00 pm –  Post Screening Q&A & Talk Panel (James Moore Theater) \n\n\n\nAbout Wade in the Water: A Journey Into Black Surfing and Aquatic Culture\n\n\n\nAn award-winning film by Creative Director and longtime surfer David Mesfin\, Wade in the Water reclaims the 1\,000-year-old tradition of Black surfing. Braiding historical accounts with modern-day testimonials\, the film dismantles the racial barriers of conventional surf culture\, delves into the overlooked history of Black surfing’s legacy\, and honors its current movement—inspiring the next generation of Black surfers. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Partnering Organizations: \n\n\n\nBrown Girl Surf: \n\n\n\nBrown Girl Surf (BGS) is a fiscally sponsored project based in Oakland. Founded in 2011 by Farhana Huq\, Named in honor of Polynesia’s first female surfers. BGS envisions a world where all communities experience holistic health\, safety\, abundance and joy. Moving at the pace of the moon and the sun\, we affirm the Earth and all beings. The mission of BGS is to cultivate a joyful surf culture in our own images\, rooted in belonging\, equity\, love and a reverence for the earth. BGS does this by cultivating a community of ocean stewards and wave riders to increase our collective wellbeing\, healing\, and connection; dismantling white supremacy and colonial surf culture while building a surf/wave riding culture and narrative of belonging and abundance; and creating and increasing access to surfing and the ocean. Learn More –  Instagram: @BrownGirlSurf \n\n\n\nBlack.Surfers \n\n\n\nBlack.Surfers is an organization that aims to attain equitable access to surfing for Black people through policy and community. They run a 600-person digital community chat\, host surf trips\, and advocate for policy change to remove the systemic barriers that prevent Black people from enjoying surfing. Learn More –  Instagram: @Black.Surfers \n\n\n\nDavid Mesfin – Director\, Writer and Producer\, Wade in The Water \n\n\n\nBorn in Ethiopia\, David migrated to the United States at an early age. Growing up in St. Augustine\, Florida\, he was immersed in a vibrant local surf culture that conceived his passion for the ocean and nature.  \n\n\n\nAfter moving to the West Coast to receive his Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication and Advertising from California State University\, Long Beach\, David connected with a community of Black surfers that introduced him to the historical context of surfing in Africa.  \n\n\n\nThese formative experiences\, which connect his lifelong passion and ancestral roots\, spawned the creative inspiration and community-based collaborations that have bloomed into Wade in the Water. \n\n\n\nBeyin Abraha – Executive Director\, Wade in the Water \n\n\n\nBorn in Ethiopia\, of Eritrean descent\, and raised in Toronto\, Beyin’s introduction to surfing came through a college roommate. He’s been hooked ever since.  \n\n\n\nIn his day to day life\, Abraha works with Beats by Dre as a Mechanical Product Design Engineer specialized on in-ear headphones. He has also enjoyed similar positions at Apple with the iPhone design team as well as at Tesla working on the iconic Model 3 electric vehicle in the past. \n\n\n\nAs an active community member\, Abraha is the project manager and founding member of Sofly Surf School\, an organization that gives free surf lessons in Huntington Beach\, and holds the position of vice-chair on the board for PaddleforPeace\, an organization offering holistic approaches to introducing people to the practice of surfing and protecting the ocean.  \n\n\n\nAfter being contacted by David to be featured in Wade in the Water (2022)\, Beyin’s passion for surfing and community connections soon saw him transition into an integral role of bringing the project to life on shoot days as well as behind the scenes making sure things are on track. \n\n\n\nKayiita Johansson – Founder\, Black.Surfers \n\n\n\nKayiita Johansson was born and raised in Minnesota. After living in Texas and NYC\, Johnson moved to northern California in 2016 and lived there until settling in Oakland\, California in 2021. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford. Formerly a product manager for Google Nest and a semiconductor sales and firmware engineer at Texas Instruments\, he currently works as a product manager at a self-driving car company. Johansson has been surfing since 2014 and said he was drawn to the sport from the feeling of flowing with nature. It was an inevitable sport for him\, he said\, after spending much time skateboarding\, swimming and body surfing throughout his childhood. He is the founder of the Black.Surfers\, an organization that aims to attain equitable access to surfing for Black people through policy and community. They run a 600-person digital community chat\, host surf trips\, and advocate for policy change to remove the systemic barriers that prevent Black people from enjoying surfing. \n\n\n\nAdriana Dominique Guerrero-Nardone\, Executive Director – Brown Girl Surf She/They/Ella/ Elle \n\n\n\nAdriana is the current Executive Director of Brown Girl Surf. Adriana joined the team in 2020 as the Associate Director\, and brought over 15 years of experience in education and youth development.  \n\n\n\nAs Executive Director\, Adriana’s work and passion includes working to build a more inclusive surf culture both locally and nationally through community programming\, collaboration with ally organizations\, and advocacy for equitable and inclusive coastal policies\, all while centering joy as a form of community building and healing. \n\n\n\nA common thread that weaves Adriana’s professional aspirations and beliefs together is her pursuit of social justice with a youth development-lens and community-based approach. Over the last decade\, Adriana has worked in a variety of capacities in the nonprofit sector across the globe with communities ranging in their socioeconomic\, cultural\, and language backgrounds. Outside of work\, Adriana has served on the leadership team for Women’s March Oakland and as the Secretary on the Board of Directors at Camp Phoenix\, and the former Alpha Chi Omega Chapter Advisor at UC Berkeley. \n\n\n\nAdriana holds a B.A in Psychology from Arizona State University and a Master’s in Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco.  \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/wade-in-the-water/ LOCATION:James Moore Theater CATEGORIES:Film screening,Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/header-youthvapo-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230618T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230618T150000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230616T181723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230616T182134Z UID:10000134-1687082400-1687100400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Father's Day Brunch at Town Fare DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a Father’s Day buffet brunch the only way Chef Michele can do it! \n\n\n\n\nReservations REQUIRED\n\n\n\nSoul and Jazz music (DJ)\n\n\n\nYour choice of 1 of 2 two-hour indoor Brunch seating/set reservations (11:30AM or 2:00PM)\, beverage and gratuity additional cost on site.\n\n\n\nBuffet Items: southern fried chicken\, applewood smoked bacon\, chicken apple sausage links\, waffles\, brioche french toast\, grits\, cajun shrimp sauce\, breakfast potatoes\, mac and cheese\, baby greens salad\, shrimp pasta salad\, fresh fruit\, biscuits\, omelette station\, assorted desserts. Non-refundable.\n\n\n\nBeer Garden by Hella Coastal\n\n\n\nWhiskey Bar on the sundeck by Town Fare\n\n\n\nFREE Portraits for Dad (2pm seating) courtesy of Photographers-At-Large\n\n\n\n\nCelebrate Father’s Day with a soulful\, celebratory buffet brunch featuring Southern soul food by Chef Michele McQueen. DJ music by Mark Divita. \n\n\n\nThis brunch is an opportunity for us to break bread and celebrate Moms. Gathering over food has long been a staple for our community\, and Father’s Day tradition! \n\n\n\nFeaturing P. Harrell Wines and Wachira Black Label Sparkling Wine \n\n\n\nMedia Partner: BAR (Bay Area Registry) \n\n\n\nSpace is limited\, reservations only! \n\n\n\n\nREserve\n\n\n\n\nTransportation: Car or BART (1 block away at Lake Merritt Station) \n\n\n\nParking: Street (free) and underground (fee) garage (closes at 6PM) at Oakland Museum\, BART station parking (free) 1 block away. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/fathers-day-brunch-at-town-fare/ CATEGORIES:Town Fare Cafe,Ticketed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_532228059_134726489720_1_original.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230623T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230623T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230511T174436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230616T182609Z UID:10000116-1687536000-1687550400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Barry Hollins Presents Let’s Lab! Performances DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA is the place to be when Let’s Lab! lights up our outdoor garden stage with  fresh new musical and lyric artists. Indoors\, join OMCA’s Associate Curator of History\, Dania Jordan\, for a Gallery Activation of the History Gallery. Learn about how Black Americans migrated to California\, their settlement patterns\, the political and cultural influence(s) they have had in shaping California’s history. \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule:\n\n\n\n5–8 pm – Off the Grid Service6-8 pm – Music by DJ Sunflowerbaybee (Amphitheater)6 pm and 6:30 pm – Gallery Activation with Associate Curator of History\, Dania Jordan (History Gallery)7–8:30 pm – Barry Hollins Presents Let’s Lab! performances (Garden) \n\n\n\nLearn about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\nAbout Let’s Lab! and Artists\n\n\n\nLet’s Lab is an innovative art platform based in the Bay Area that provides a space for musicians and singers of all kinds to showcase their talent. Through its platform\, Let’s Lab! promotes creativity and encourages collaboration among artists\, while also providing a unique experience for audiences. Whether you’re a musician or a music lover\, Let’s Lab is the perfect place to discover new talent and connect with like-minded individuals in the artistic community. \n\n\n\nCIN is a Afro-Mexicana\, queer artist whose work focuses on visibility and vulnerability. Her genre could be described as alternative R&B with a zest of sing-rap. Her art\, from poetry to music\, is directly tied to her activism in the community and creating more safe healing spaces and visibility of Black and Brown communities. Her freestyles become the songs that take you to a moment in her life. A fraction of time from heart ache\, to triumph and the angst of the human experience rooted in a spiritual foundation. \n\n\n\nMoses Weeden is a multi-hyphenate artist from the East Bay who specializes in music\, acting and stand up comedy. He’s an Oakland native who wants to shine light on the importance of storytelling. You can Also catch him starring in season 2 of Blindspotting on Starz! \n\n\n\nLyric is a 25-year-old spoken word poet and physical artist. Lyric is Bay Area based and has traveled and performed in multiple cities throughout California and Michigan. Classified as a Love Poet by Nature\, Lyric thrives in spaces where she can connect with her audience and tap into how life mimics the arts. Big on metaphors with an even bigger heart\, Lyric makes a point to make every person in the room fall in love with themselves and the surrounding world. \n\n\n\nCyd the creative: Well known as Cyd the creative\, she gets her name from her wide range of creative talent. When it comes to music\, she uses her lyricism to convey her emotions and life lessons. She uses music as an escape and hopes those who connect to her sound can do the same. \n\n\n\nKatie Paige is an Oakland based queer R&B/soul singer-songwriter known for her emotive and powerful vocal performances. With a passion for connecting with her audience on a deep emotional level\, Katie weaves together heartfelt lyrics and soulful melodies that resonate with listeners from all walks of life. Drawing on her personal experiences and struggles\, Katie’s music serves as a beacon of hope and inspiration\, encouraging others to find their own voice\, and embrace their true selves. \n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nReconnect with family\, friends\, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week\, including live music\, hands-on activities\, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-featuring-barry-hollins-presents-lets-lab-performances/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/header-youthvapo-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230624T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230624T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230511T215432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230615T155853Z UID:10000122-1687608000-1687611600@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Activation Hour DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*This is a free event\, but all non-OMCA Members must purchase a Special Exhibition ticket to go on a tour. No reservation needed. \n\n\n\nEnjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Activation Hour\, an informal drop-in experience\, every Saturday 1pm – 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall for Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored\, Creative Growth & NIAD. Spend time with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer Gallery Activation facilitators who will generate conversations and engagement throughout the hour\, reimagining how we activate our galleries. \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Gallery Activation Hour\n\n\n\nGallery Activation Hour (GAH) puts a twist on the traditional museum tour. Using an informal approach\, our GAH Facilitators combine content knowledge with lived experience. Centering community voice and encouraging dialogue in our galleries provides meaningful and  fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-activation-hour-june-24/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/header-youthvapo-6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230630T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230630T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230511T180306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230626T184136Z UID:10000117-1688140800-1688155200@museumca.org SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Skip the Needle DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid | Skip the Needle (live music) and DJ Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist  \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule:\n\n\n\n5–8 pm – Off the Grid Service6:30-8:30 pm – DJ Music by Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist (Amphitheater)7–8 pm – Skip the Needle presents Octavia of Earth\, Vol. 2 & MORE  (Garden) \n\n\n\nOakland-based formidable female powerhouse quartet Skip the Needle brings a depth of personal insight and performing experience to their politically astute hard rock/funk songcraft. If Sly Stone\, Jimi Hendrix\, Chrissie Hynde\, and Chaka Khan all jammed together\, this band would be the result. \n\n\n\nAt Friday Nights at OMCA\, Skip the Needle will play an hour-long set of original music\, including tracks from their upcoming EP\, Octavia of Earth\, Volume 2\, a docu-musical inspired by the life of black feminist writer Octavia E. Butler. DJ Ren is widely known for his eclectic musical selections and is a highly respected and influential figure in the hip-hop and music community\, known for his passion\, creativity\, and commitment to preserving the legacy of hip hop. \n\n\n\nAbout Skip the Needle\n\n\n\nSkip The Needle is an Oakland-based queer female quartet made up of musical superstars of the Bay Area; Vicki Randle (The Tonight Show\, Mavis Staples Band) Shelley Doty (Shelly Doty X-Tet\, Sistas in the Pit)\, Kofy Brown (Kofy Brown Band\, Sistas in the Pit) and Katie Cash (Katie Cash Band\, Year of the Fist). Together\, they make politically astute hard rock funk. Their songs are musically diverse and carry a strong\, socially conscious message that wants the audience to party while hearing it. Formed in 2014\, STN has released two full-length albums and is thrilled to have contributed 6 original tracks for Octavia Of Earth Volume 2. \n\n\n\nAbout DJ Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist\n\n\n\nAs a Bay Area resident from New York\, Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist (aka Renoir) made his mark as the founder of True Skool (est. ’99). Originally a party which featured Hip Hop legends\, emerging artists and world-class turntablists\, the brand has evolved into an urban music entertainment guide and event marketing company. As a DJ\, Ren is known for his eclectic and diverse musical selections. He has shared billing with world-renowned artists\, such as Z-Trip\, Jazzy Jeff\, Q-Bert\, Mixmaster Mike\, Wu-Tang Clan\, Black Thought\, Rakim\, KRS-One\, to name a few. Overall\, Ren the VA is a highly respected and influential figure in the hip-hop and music community\, known for his passion\, creativity\, and commitment to preserving the legacy of hip hop. \n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nReconnect with family\, friends\, and community at OMCA every Friday night. These free events provide a gathering place to come together each week\, including live music\, hands-on activities\, and Off the Grid food trucks. Take advantage of late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. \n\n\n\n\n \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. \n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by Bank of America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Skip the Needle\n \n Skip the Needle URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-featuring-skip-the-needle/ CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/header-youthvapo-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230701T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230701T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230607T233225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230626T184156Z UID:10000129-1688212800-1688216400@museumca.org SUMMARY:Gallery Activation Hour DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*This is a free event\, but all non-OMCA Members must purchase a Special Exhibition ticket to go on a tour. No reservation needed. \n\n\n\nEnjoy talking about Museum exhibition themes and exploring how they relate to your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Activation Hour\, an informal drop-in experience\, every Saturday 1pm – 2pm in OMCA’s Great Hall for Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored\, Creative Growth & NIAD. Spend time with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer Gallery Activation facilitators who will generate conversations and engagement throughout the hour\, reimagining how we activate our galleries. \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Gallery Activation Hour\n\n\n\nGallery Activation Hour (GAH) puts a twist on the traditional museum tour. Using an informal approach\, our GAH Facilitators combine content knowledge with lived experience. Centering community voice and encouraging dialogue in our galleries provides meaningful and  fresh interpretations of our Special Exhibitions. \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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-activation-hour-3/ LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Marilyn-Wong_-Creativity-Explored_Header_DSC09548-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230702T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230702T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080501 CREATED:20230630T223323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230630T223324Z UID:10000140-1688292000-1688313600@museumca.org SUMMARY:First Sundays DESCRIPTION:First Sundays\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpend your Sunday with us and find out why “East Bay Express” calls OMCA “the best museum for the people\, by the people.” Every first Sunday of the month\, enjoy admission to OMCA with a suggested donation of $5 for general admission. There is a $6 charge for special exhibitions in the Great Hall. \n\n\n\nExperience all that our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences have to offer. In between exploring the galleries\, pick up some locally-made goods from our Shop\, or relax outside in our updated garden spaces.  \n\n\n\nVisitors are encouraged to reserve tickets online in advance to secure your preferred entry time and reduce your wait. Tickets are available at the admissions desk on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n\n\n\nThe suggested donation for general admission is $5 per person. Your contribution helps us provide access to other visitors in the community. \n\n\n\n\nGENERAL ADMISSION\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHighlights URL:https://museumca.org/event/first-sundays-4/ CATEGORIES:Suggested donation,Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/OAKLAND_MUSEUM_CA_JORGPHOTO_20220708_114101_6676-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR