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Oakland Public Conservatory of Music celebrates 20 years and founding Director Angela Wellman's retirement
Music educator and scholar Angela Wellman, Ph.D. wanted to make music education accessible to adults and youth, especially Black and brown youth. So she founded the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music back in 2005. For just over 20 years, this musician, originally from Kansas City, has been impacting the creative spirits of Bay Area artists. Now, Angela Wellman is retiring, buut she’s going out on a big celebration. The Oakland Public Conservatory of Music is hosting a gala on Saturday, October 24, at the Downtown Oakland Science Academy. Angela talks about what led her to launching the conservatory and what's next for her.
48hills.org
At 87, the great Judy Collins sings farewell—but stays in the now
Before the stories, the famous friends, and the blue eyes immortalized by Crosby, Stills and Nash, there is the voice. Judy Collins’ clear, luminous soprano can make a complicated lyric feel immediately understandable. On her recording of “Both Sides Now,” for example, the melody floats, the words land cleanly, and Joni Mitchell’s questions about love and experience unfold with the intimacy of someone thinking aloud.
Contra Costa Herald
Vasco Road Flag Barn façade gets permanent home at Contra Costa Historical Society museum
Painted following the September 11, 2001, attacks, the Vasco Flag Barn façade has been a treasured landmark for residents for more than two decades. On September 29, 2025, with the barn structurally unsound, beyond repair, and at risk of collapse, Brentwood’s Public Works team partnered with the East Bay Regional Parks to carefully dismantle the flag barn, preserving and storing the painted panels for future display. (See Vasco Road U.S. “Flag Barn” dismantled, façade transferred to City of Brentwood for future display)
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Top Tickets: East Bay Events Happening This Week October 15–21
10/17, Lafayette; 10/20, Berkeley. The Naumburg Award–winning quartet performs Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, and Korngold’s String Quartet No. 3, which quotes his Hollywood film scores, as part of Berkeley Chamber Performances. berkeleychamberperform.org. Dance. Dimensions Dance Theater. 10/17 The company’s 54th season brings the premiere of Power Memory Freedom Joy (Healing...
lamorindaweekly.com
Town Council receives Moraga Library redwood tree removal update
When the Moraga Town Council approved an April 8 Town Facilities Energy Reliability Project involving solar improvements at Town-owned facilities, it included the Moraga Library. While deciding where the solar improvements and generators could best be placed there, it was discovered that dozens of redwood trees encompassing the library needed to be removed.
East Bay Express
Candi Martinez brings Oakland together
It’s a sunny day in May, and Candi Martinez holds her daughter’s tiny hand as the two twirl to face a pair of friends in the middle of a car-less Oakland street. She greets them as music fills the air on Lakeshore Avenue, which has been transformed into a dance floor for the inaugural Lakeshore Spring Festival.
lamorindaweekly.com
Pear & Wine Festival kicks off fall season in Lamorinda
On a beautiful sunny day with activities galore, hundreds of local residents celebrated the beginning of fall on Sept. 26 during Moraga’s annual Pear & Wine Festival at Commons Park. Held between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., things kicked off a bit earlier with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to honor...
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‘Mr. Burton’ at the Orinda Theatre
What is left in our collective memory of the Welsh American actor Richard Burton? Maybe his tumultuous relationship with Liz Taylor, some great films – and few remember that he was a Shakespearean actor. The movie “Mr. Burton,” presented in Orinda beginning Oct. 23, however, is about the youth and upbringing of the young man. Beyond his specific story, it is a wonderful reflection on what fatherhood and mentorship mean, on transmission, and on how much of a person’s destiny hinges on the people they meet and sheer luck.
KQED
Making Their House Into a Home Full of Black Art
Living rooms are often filled with family mementos, shelves full of books, or maybe a TV, turned on as background noise for rowdy conversations. Meanwhile, the walls inside the East Oakland home of Nyallah Muntaqim and Musa Bey are filled with art. On a recent visit, as Muntaqim sits on the green couch, a white painted hammer nearby looks as if it were smashed into the wall, with roots growing from it, by Antioch artist Tunmi da Silva.
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New book from Martinez resident Matt Sieger
Martinez resident Matt Sieger, whose previous book, The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978, was published in 2023, has come out with a new book. As with his first book, the publishers of his new volume, In My Humble Opinion: Musings of a Sports Columnist are Eric and Peggy Johnson of Alive Book Publishing in Alamo. Serendipitously, Sieger and the Johnsons attend Creekside Church in Martinez, which is how he hooked up with them to publish his two books.
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Q&A: Ashley Cooke takes Pleasanton roots on the road as her country career takes off
Rising country star Ashley Cooke is in the middle of headlining large concert halls now, including an upcoming date at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. But after releasing her self-titled album in August, her first order of business was to pay tribute to the towns that helped raise her. Ashley Cooke.
Pleasanton Weekly
Life-size elephant statues stomp into Livermore
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A herd of 30 elephants arrived in downtown Livermore last week on a mission to amplify Indigenous culture and inspire the coexistence of people and wildlife. The life-size sculptures on display in Stockmen’s Park and Bankhead Plaza are part of “The Great Elephant Migration:...
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Review: The Jimi Hendrix Experience ‘Magic Boy-The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live at Berkeley (First Show)’
Review: The Jimi Hendrix Experience ‘Magic Boy-The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live at Berkeley (First Show)’. It’s hard to believe that, at this late stage, with dozens of Jimi Hendrix live discs available, there is anything decent left to discover. But ‘Magic Boy-The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live at Berkeley’ (released Oct 16, Experience Hendrix label) proves that’s not the case.
KQED
For 20 Years, Threads of Black American Music Have Converged Here
It’s Halloween season, when some people dress up like skeletons, ghosts or witches. But when picking her costume, Dr. Angela Wellman isn’t like most people. “I could be Angélique Kidjo,” says the founder and CEO of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music (OPC). “Or I could be Abbey Lincoln.”
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This Friday: Movie in the Park + food trucks
Food Truck Friday, 5–8 p.m. Get dinner and dessert at the final Food Truck Friday of the year. Participating trucks this week include Bombzie’s BBQ, Rosie’s Mexican Food, MAD Creationz, Cousins Maine Lobster Truck, Curveball Sliders, and Pineapple Whips. Movie in the Park, 6:40 p.m. Wonka, sponsored...
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Salt-N-Pepa & TLC Bring “It’s Iconic” Tour To Charlotte
“It’s Iconic” The Tour wraps up tonight in Concord, California. The tour, which began on August 15th in Franklin, Tennessee, brought all of our very favorite 90’s girl groups to one absolutely iconic tour. Salt-N-Pepa along with TLC co-headlined the tour and brought along special guests, En Vogue. We were so excited for the chance to catch this tour when they rolled into Truliant Amphitheater in Charlotte, NC. Each group hit the stage multiple times, playing a few songs for each set. We loved that it just sounded like a medley of our favorite 90’s hits. This definitely kept the whole crowd on their feet, dancing, and singing along to every single track which was played through out the night. We had such a great time! Check out some pics from their sets that night taken by Associate Editor/Photographer Daphne McKinney.
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Chalice Brings “Legends of Reggae” Show to Berkeley
Reggae Town Music presents Chalice, billed as the “Legends of Reggae,” in a live performance on Friday, October 23rd, 2026, at the Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center in Berkeley, California. The venue is located at 1317 San Pablo Avenue. The evening features special guest Prezident Brown, an...