Azucena Rasilla
Arts and Community Reporter at The Oaklandside
✍🏼👩🏻💻 @Oaklandside bilingual arts and community journo| East Oakland gal | DMs are off the record | tips: [email protected]
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3 days ago |
oaklandside.org | Azucena Rasilla
The event I’m most excited to feature this week is the Friday announcement of the 2025 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. I had the opportunity to serve as a guest judge to help select the winner, and I look forward to you all discovering who will represent our city as a young ambassador of literacy. If you would like us to consider an event for this weekly list, please email me at [email protected].
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4 days ago |
oaklandside.org | Azucena Rasilla
The Oakland History Center at the main branch of the public library (125 14th St.) is offering a crafty opportunity for history and news aficionados to let their creativity flow through the center’s new contest, All the News That’s Fit to Build: Local News Dioramas.
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Azucena Rasilla
Dominic Prado is relocating Tacos El Último Baile from Oakland’s Fruitvale to Saluhall, the Ikea food hall on Market Street in San Francisco, at the end of June. Prado told The Oaklandside that several factors influenced his decision to relocate from the Fruitvale Public Market, which opened in October 2022. The primary factor is the lack of direct marketing for Fruitvale as a destination, which Prado believes limits the potential for neighborhood businesses.
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Azucena Rasilla
There are two events in this week’s roundup that I am most excited about: the Bubble Planet experience, an immersive experience featuring various sensory rooms; and it’s always a treat to hear from comedian and producer W. Kamau Bell’s talk about artists as a vehicle for social change. Bell will host OMCA’s annual fundraiser, Gathering in the Garden. If you want us to consider an event for this weekly list, email me at [email protected].
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2 weeks ago |
oaklandside.org | Azucena Rasilla
Staff and faculty of The Crucible, a nonprofit West Oakland art institution, announced plans to unionize on Tuesday, May 20. The workers are organizing as Crucible Workers United, “The Dedicated Cru,” and are seeking representation through the American Federation of State, Council and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 57, according to a press release.
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