Cougar Cadet Drumline fundraiser is Sunday
From the Schools Page:
“Access to Oddities,” a fundraiser for the Chipman Cougar Cadet Drumline featuring magician Brian Scott, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 6 in the Chipman Middle School Auditorium, 401 Pacific Avenue. The event will also include a bake sale, food and other vendors.
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at [...]
Your weekend: The show must go on
Visitors to the website of the Alameda Point Antique & Collectibles Faire, an Alameda tradition for more than a decade, were treated to some startling news Wednesday.
“Proceedings have been commenced for the voluntary dissolution of Antiques By The Bay, Inc. As a result the show scheduled for Nov 1, 2009 will not take place,” a [...]
Your weekend: Halloween!
Halloween’s coming, folks. And Alameda is celebrating with two weekends’ worth of events that begin this Friday. Looking for some things to do around the pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating? Then check out the list below.
Alameda’s firefighters kick things off with their ninth annual Pumpkin Patch, from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the West Lawn [...]
The International
The folks at Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda and BikeAlameda are joining forces to make Alameda a part of the International Day of Climate Action with an event this Saturday, October 24 on the steps of City Hall.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is from 10 a.m. to noon on [...]
Community Health Fair is Saturday
Alameda Hospital is holding its Community Health Fair 2009 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, October 17 at the hospital, which is at 2070 Clinton Avenue. The event is free and open to the public.
They’re offering a host of free health screenings, including vascular, podiatry and blood pressure screenings, blood glucose testing for diabetes [...]
Your weekend: Alameda Point’s history
Yes, Alameda Point is really on my mind these days. So much so that I’m telling you about a talk local architect and Navy flyer Dick Rutter is giving on the history of the Point this Sunday.
Rutter will offer his “History of the Naval Air Station Alameda” at 7 p.m. this Sunday, October 18 at [...]
Classic cars converge on Park Street
Like classic cars? Well then, you’ll be in hog heaven this Saturday when Park Street hosts its 16th Annual Classic Car Show. (Wait, was that a really bad mixed metaphor? Sorry!)
The free show, which is sponsored by the Crankers Car Club, takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. They got your classics, they [...]
Your weekend: Book and a cookie
Temple Israel out on Bay Farm Island has got a fortunate series of events starting this Sunday – a children’s author series, that is.
“A Book & A Cookie” starts this Sunday, October 11 and continue for two more Sundays, through October 25. Admission to each of the 45-minute sessions, which start at 12:30 p.m. each [...]
Read for the Record is Thursday
This Thursday morning, more than a million readers worldwide are expected to team up to break a world record and to draw attention to the need for stronger early childhood education. And you can be a part of it, by joining them at the main branch of the Alameda Free Library.
At 10:30 a.m. Thursday, the [...]
El Rancho carnival is Sunday
St. Joseph Elementary School’s annual El Rancho Day Fiesta fundraiser is this Sunday, October 4 in the parking lot of the school, which is at 1910 San Antonio Avenue. Admission is free, and the event is held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The family event includes all sorts of carnival games and family activities plus [...]
Your weekend: Dance dance revolution
Like the wealthy San Franciscans of yesteryear, Virginia Iglesias summered in Alameda. The flamenco dancer and choreographer performed at C’era Una Volta restaurant and as part of the summer concert series at Alameda Towne Centre.
This weekend she’s bringing her company to perform “Decantares,” which sold out San Francisco’s Mission Cultural Center in its premiere, in [...]
