The Town Experience

10/02/2023

#🍂🌟 Welcome to October! 🌟🍂

Get ready to elevate your style game because Oakland Style Week is just around the corner! 🎉✨

Join for an unforgettable journey through the world of vintage fashion with our exclusive Vintage Store Tour. 🛍️👗 Discover hidden gems, iconic pieces, and the stories behind the styles that have shaped generations. It's a fashion lover's dream come true! 💃🕺

But don't wait too long - tickets are flying off the shelves faster than the latest fashion trends! Secure your spot for this chic week of festivities now. Click the link here https://www.visitoakland.com/oakland-style/
to snag your tickets before they're gone! 💫🎟️

Get ready to strut your stuff and make a statement with Oakland Style Week. See you there! 💃🕺

Discover Oakland's unique style during Oakland Style Week. Explore a captivating fusion of cultural experiences, art walks, fashion shows and culinary events!

11/22/2022

It's official 📢

City Council Member Sheng Thao has been elected The Town's next mayor!

A nail-biting race with moderate City Council Member Loren Taylor ends after a lengthy...

11/13/2022

We're not playing about the fashion attire this weekend! 😂

SHOUT OUT & Appreciation to
historical landmark
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Theres no other place we'd rather be this weekend! 🙅🏾‍♂️🙅🏾‍♀️

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03/01/2022

Did you catch Black Joy Parade on KPIX CBS San Francisco Bay Area 🧡🖤🎬

Cameo by The Town Experience

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01/15/2022

SOUTH OAKLAND? 🤔

01/12/2022

Roman St. Gerard is one of Oakland’s most exciting homegrown musical talents.

12/29/2021

Communal spaces—and space for solace—are essential parts of our cities.

12/15/2021

"The resurgence of Black-owned small businesses in Grand Lake might seem like an aberration or a triumph, depending on perspective," writes Eric K. Arnold for this week's Feature, "It’s actually a testament to cultural resilience."

12/11/2021

An epidemiologist who attended the wedding and got sick herself, says, "If a group of medical professionals and public health professionals can't prevent spread at a social gathering, it's just the luck of the draw for everybody."

12/07/2021

Someone appears to have set a Christmas tree on fire at a popular outdoor holiday location in Oakland.

11/24/2021

"My favorite in is being in OAKLAND" 😅🖤✊🏾 Sekai (age 5) + big brother, Ajani (age 11)

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WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TOWN EXPERIENCE? 🗣

TheTownExperience POP-UP will be back at DECEMBER 3RD. located at 23rd & Telegraph Ave. 📍

If you would like to be in our video series
STOP BY & SHARE your favorite & why you love so much!

11/04/2021

Tomorrow stop by The Town Experience first ever POP-UP SHOP with Grand Nationxl and from Kapor Center at located on 23rd St. & Telegraph on the Broadway side.

Check out these activities happening inside "The Town Experience" —
Domino Tournament
Retail
Music
Immersive Art
Community Photo Shoot

Shop your favorite Oakland-Centric art, music, apparel, souvenirs, and novelty gifts or just enjoy the music and vibes!

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10/21/2021

While there’s no shortage of bars in Oakland, Joiner hopes Feelmore Social Club will stand out, and not only thanks to its l***y vibes. “It will add a little bit of character and diversity — and add a q***r-owned space." The bar is slated to open in January.

Owner Nenna Joiner also owns the East Bay's Feelmore adult shops, and hopes to bring a similar sexiness to Oakland's bar scene.

10/18/2021

A new poll paints a stark picture of life in Silicon Valley, as well as its residents'...

10/09/2021

Wahpepah’s Kitchen
3301 E. 12th St. (near 33rd Avenue), Oakland
Expected opening: Oct. 29/30, 2021

Wahpepah’s Kitchen, a new restaurant from chef Crystal Wahpepah, will boast an all-Indigenous staff and a Native breakfast.

09/03/2021

While the data is preliminary, district officials are worried about the implications for OUSD’s financial stability.

09/02/2021

"Event presenters and city officials have long argued that Oakland’s current system for special events isn’t working. The Oakland Police Department decides how many officers to send to an event and sets its own price for security fees. It’s impossible for a festival organizer to obtain a permit without paying whatever amount OPD determines, sometimes with only a day’s notice. That means the costs to presenters can seem arbitrary and unpredictable, ranging anywhere from hundreds of dollars to the $24,000 initially required of First Fridays.

For years, civil rights advocates, artists and event promoters have accused the Oakland Police Department of deploying its special events policy in racist ways, ramping up costs for events with Black artists and audiences. In 2017, an East Bay Express report described a pattern of OPD using security fees to effectively shut down rap concerts. “OPD knows they’re infringing on these artists’ right to perform,” San Francisco attorney John Hamasaki alleged at the time.

Kaplan says that pattern has persisted, and that organizers have complained OPD is abusing the system. “There have been complaints that it’s been disproportionately used against Black community events,” she says. “And I think there’s a lot of history that supports that claim. ... The system is inherently a setup for failure.”

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Police overtime pay has forced events like First Fridays to cancel, and drains festivals' ability to pay artists.

09/01/2021

Wachira Wines is the only Kenyan American winery in the country.

"Folks of color are hugely underrepresented. We are 0.1% of the wine industry in this country. So creating a space that allows us not only to showcase our talents, but also to feel welcome and included, is core to who I am," said Dr. Chris Wachira, who created Karibu Wine Lounge in Alameda.

08/31/2021

Please get more information on how to apply and updates at [email protected].”

Bay Area residents who don’t qualify for the Clean Air Filtration Program can still purchase their own air filtration units for about $100 to $150, and can get tips on wildfire preparation, including how to set up a ‘clean air room’ in their homes, by visiting www.baaqmd.gov/wildfiresafety.

Wildfire preparedness tips, school air quality recommendations, information on air quality data and more resources are available online

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced today the expansion of the Clean Air Filtration Program, which will provide portable air filtration units to unhoused and low-income residents…

08/23/2021

His app, Black Terminus, is currently paying homage to the Black Panthers, with more to come.

08/18/2021

The AC Boost program is offering down-payment loans of up to $210,000 per household.

08/03/2021

Sunday night jazz sessions are coming back to Geoffrey's Inner Circle!

We encourage everyone to be safe by masking up at indoor events, per CDC and state health guidance.

The club’s owner, Geoffrey Pete, has been a mainstay of the Oakland music scene since the 1970s.

07/21/2021

Before the pandemic, just 12% of low-income students in Oakland had a computer or reliable internet at home. Going into the fall, 98% now have them, according to Oakland Undivided.

07/16/2021

San Francisco city officials released a statement Thursday, shortly after LA County's indoor masking announcement, encouraging residents to get vaccinated as the delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading in the region. All Bay Area counties have seen at least a doubling of new COVID-19 cases over the last three weeks, according to the statement.

Read the full story here

A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases requires a return to mandatory mask-wearing indoors, the county's public health officer says. He didn't detail what he said would be some exceptions.

07/08/2021

The festival organizer said the city wouldn’t give her an event permit unless she paid the Oakland Police Department $24,000.

07/07/2021

Common is one of more than 45 artists set to perform at the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, which also features Goapele, Kandace Springs, Christian Sands.

07/06/2021

Artist As First Responder is a relatively new philanthropic organization dedicated to escalating the voices of Black, Indigenous, and other artists of color, but its roots have been in and part of the Oakland art scene for over a decade.

07/06/2021

Business districts in cities across the US offer economic opportunity – but can they have an impact beyond the world of retail?

07/05/2021

Oakland artist Kim Webber is using video as a gateway for healing intergenerational trauma, both for herself and fellow BIPOC community members.

07/01/2021

A new study and interactive map from UC Berkeley researchers reveal that Oakland is the 14th most segregated major city in the U.S.

06/25/2021

“Alphabet Aerobics” rapper born Timothy Parker known for his clever wordplay and tongue-twisting rhymes

06/22/2021

We went out and captured the scene on Tuesday night at six bars, from deep East Oakland to Temescal to downtown.

06/19/2021

TEAM Inc. helps young people channel their love of the game into learning the STEM skills necessary to enter the tech side of the sports industry.

06/18/2021

Now that the state has reopened, we compiled a list of events where you can gather in person with friends on June 19, 2021.

06/15/2021

The pop-up event this Sunday will feature plants and plant-based products from Oakland vendors.

06/15/2021

Tickets 🎫 Zone A seating (premium visibility) 🎫 Zone B seating (great visibility) Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis within each zone What You Will Enjoy 🕯️ An intimate ambience in a beautiful venue bathed in candlelight 🎻 A talented string quartet performing classi...

06/15/2021

Ray Bobbitt, founder of the African American Sports and Entertainment Group, said Monday the group is negotiating with the WNBA to put a team in Oakland that would be “African American women-…

06/15/2021

The 1,000-square-foot Mini Museum opening on Juneteenth in West Oakland will focus on the...

06/12/2021

Filmed partly in Oakland, the spinoff of the acclaimed movie makes its streaming debut on STARZ this Sunday.