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Thursday, March 1, 2012

These are celebratory times for the San Francisco Bay. Last year the Bay Bridge turned seventy-five and in May of this year the Golden Gate Bridge follows suit. In 2013, these two sister bridges...

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Monday, February 27, 2012

The White Elephant Sale is an epic rummage sale, heroically organized each year since 1959 by the Oakland Museum Women's Board. It's happening this weekend, on March 3 and 4. Advice from...

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Oakland is the only metropolitan city in the United States to have a saltwater lake in its downtown. The lake is also the nation’s oldest wildlife refuge, home to large breeding...

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The social upheavals of the late 1960s and ‘70s brought about a profusion of alternative publishing and radical media across the United States. In addition to...

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Last Saturday's unexpected sunny spell set the tone for a beautiful day of painting, music, and comfort food at our graffiti event...

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Demonstrators outside the Museum on Saturday afternoon found a new way to use Chairs of the Board, our furniture/...

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