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 AmSteel Nominated for
Oakland Indie Award!
We have been nominated for an Oakland Indie Award in the “Soul of Oakland” Category! Please visit www.oaklandindieawards.com and Vote for us by March 31st!
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 Succulent Plant Drive March 30, 10am-2pm
Help build a living wall on Mandela Parkway! On March 30, stop by to meet the crew, take a tour, learn how to get involved, and you can drop off your succulents and 32-oz plastic containers anytime through April 5th.
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Community Clean Up!
March 28th noon – 3pm
Join us and our community partners for a neighborhood clean up! Hosted by CORE FOODS. Your involvement makes a difference. March 28th, Noon-3pm, 1901 Poplar Street.
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Department of Spontaneous Combustion Awarded Burning Man Grant
Mens Amplio will be a 15ft model of a human head and brain. The brain will incorporate an array of light and flame effects controlled through an EEG headset.
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 Carrie Iverson Wins Hauberg Fellowship
Carrie Iverson has won the prestigious Hauberg Fellowship from Pilchuck Glass School. She will be working with fellow artists Gay Outlaw, Julie Alland, JD Beltran, Lisa Blatt, and Tracy Grubbs; their theme is “unexpected glass.â€
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 Build GIANT Art for Coachella
The Flux Foundation is hosting NIGHTLY open shop work parties in preparation for Coachella. You can help BUILD Coachella! Show up from 6-10pm in Bay 1!
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Fire Arts Collective
Open Spin Jam every Last Monday of the month, from 7:30-10pm! Specializing in fire poi, double poi, staff, fingers, fans, batons, snakes, hula hoops, and jump rope. Fire eating, LED lights, and stilt walking also available
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| Goings On In West Oakland |
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 Oakland Earth Expo
Join us at the Sustainable Oakland event!
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
10am-2pm in downtown Oakland
Frank Ogawa Plaza – 14th & Broadway
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 Uptown ArtPark Opening
Oakland’s very first Sculpture Park is Opening on Telegraph Avenue and 19th Street, next to the renovated Fox Oakland Theater. April 5th, 6:30-8:30pm
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Nick Gardner
If one were to paint a portrait of Nick Gardner’s dreams for West Oakland, of the kindness, joy, and enthusiasm he embodies in his work, complete with air that doesn’t make us sick to breath, food that we grow in our own schools, homes, and work place…
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Brother’s Catering
We LOVE Brother’s Catering, and get this. They will DELIVER a tea leaf salad at 3am. From barbecue to killer Burmese, breakfast, burgers and buckets of chicken… they will bring it right to your door. (or studio)
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 American Steel Studios Birthday April 1st
We couldn’t have made this without you. A HUGE shout out to the amazing artists, neighbors, organizations, government officials, friends, and family who have come together over the years to make this space the INCREDIBLE place it is.
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Please join us May 11-18 for an interactive, behind-the-scenes look at the community of artists and innovators that make up American Steel Studios.Our member exhibition from May 11-18 will fill 6,000 square feet of gallery space and spill outside to American Steel’s courtyard and will feature the work of our artists and tenants. On Saturday and Sunday May 11-12, our studios will be open to the public. But that’s not all. We’re also planning a full day of behind-the-scenes tours, demonstrations, performances and artist talks on Saturday…