🧩 TOMORROW! Free collage workshop with Trisha Mah. All ages are welcome. 🎟️ Register for free tix at oacc.cc/event/trisha-mah 👩🏽‍🎨 Pieces of Self: A Collage Workshop with Trisha Mah ⏰Fri, Jun 26, 6:30-8:30 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland #Collage #AsianArt #Oakland

🇵🇭 Applications are open for our Musikang Kalipay Palengke/Vendor Market on Sun, July 12, 1-4 pm. Filipino vendors are especially encouraged to apply. There are no fees to vend. 👉🏼 Apply at forms.gle/2D8beR5693Gb... 👉🏼 Tag a friend who'd be a great fit. #Filipino #VendorMarket #SmallBusiness

🎶🌞🇵🇭💃🏻 Musikang Kalipay: A Rondalla Concert with the Iskwelahang Pilipino ⏰ Sun, July 12, 2-4 pm 🛍️ Palengke/Market from 1-4 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland 🎟️ FREE tix at oacc.cc/event/kalipay Join us for a joyful musical expression of Filipino American identity!

Happening today at OACC, at 4:30 pm! Join us for an artist talk with Shire-Baden and learn about the Tibetan Gyuto Foundation and its lineage through photography and sculpture. No registration necessary, light refreshments will be served.

🏳️‍🌈🪷📽️ Tonight! Free tickets still available at oacc.cc/event/paramita

Tomorrow! FREE tix available for PARAMITA with registration at oacc.cc/event/paramita 🪷📽️ Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation: PARAMITA Film Screening and Healing Workshop with Kirthi Nath ⏰ Fri, June 12, 6-8 pm 📍 Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Suite 290, Oakland

☸️ 📷 Artist Tour: The Gyuto Foundation in Photography and Sculpture ⏰ Fri, June 12, 4:30-5:30 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland Join us Friday for a free tour and artist talk with Shire-Baden, in conjunction with the Gyuto Foundation in Photography & Sculpture Exhibit.

☸️ 📷 Artist Tour: The Gyuto Foundation in Photography and Sculpture ⏰ Fri, June 12, 4:30-5:30 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland Join us Friday for a free tour and artist talk with Shire-Baden, in conjunction with the Gyuto Foundation in Photography & Sculpture Exhibit.

Celebrate summer with a music-filled evening for all ages, featuring live DJs from @kalwradio.bsky.social, hands-on mocktail making, games, and a welcoming community vibe. 🎶 🍹 💃 #OPLSummer ☀️ Details ➡️ https://bit.ly/4xue0Gr

Been noticing the rapid growth in transit ridership while BARTing - trains are getting crowded - @bart.gov : time to run longer trains - and it's not just work trips. BART Prom sold out twice!

🧩👩🏽‍🎨 Pieces of Self: A Collage Workshop with Trisha Mah ⏰️ Friday, June 26, 6:30-8:30 pm 📍 Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Suite 290, Oakland 🎟️ FREE tix at oacc.cc/event/trisha-mah In this workshop, explore identity, connection, and sharing who you are through collage with artist Trisha Mah.

@kpfa.org 1130a This Way Out Kick off Pride Month with the latest LGBTQA+ news from around the world. kpfa.org/program/this...

🍚🍵🍗 From Ochazuke to Adobo: Care, Memory, and the Immigrant Kitchen with artist Julia LaChica ⏰ ARTIST RECEPTION: Friday, June 26, 5:30-6:30 pm 🖼️ ON VIEW: June 24-August 15 (Wed-Fri, 12-5 pm) 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Suite 290, Oakland 🎟️ FREE tix at oacc.cc/event/ochazuke-adobo/

Queer and Transgender Asian Pacific Islander Week is coming up around end of May / early June, with many events in the Bay Area, finishing up with a block party on Sunday, June 7 - let me know if you're interested in tabling! Full calendar of events at www.qtapisf.org/upcomingevents

Comics Grant $1k www.makemorecomics.com/grants #grant #comics

🧵🪡📍👚 It's mending circle this Friday at OACC! As always, this gathering is free to attend. Please bring items that you would like to repair & let's reduce our landfill waste! 🗓️Friday, June 5 12 noon-1 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St. Suite 290
, Oakland #free #oakland #mending

An intersectional reading list perfect for that special moment between AAPI Heritage Month and Pride. 📚 🏳️‍🌈 Start reading ➡️ https://bit.ly/4x0ml46

✨Tomorrow! FREE tickets still available for this incredible concert with musicians Shirley Muramoto & Winne Wong. 🎟️ oacc.cc/event/asian-zither 🎶 Celebrating the Zither: Asian American Identity and Cultural Survival 🗓️ Sat, May 30, 7-9 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland

📽️🏳️‍🌈 Tonight! Join OACC and QWOCMAP for Queer Asian World Cinema. Free tix still availalable at oacc.cc/event/qwocmap 🗓️ Friday, May 22, 6:30-9 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Suite 290, Oakland

Last 2 days to see Our Language, Our Story by Joyce Xi! Come visit OACC during open hours Friday and Saturday.

Mini-market open call! Apply to vend at our upcoming heritage concert, Celebrating the Zither with Shirley Muramoto and Winnie Wong on Saturday, May 30, 7-9 pm. 👉🏼 There are NO FEES to vend. 👉🏼 Apply at forms.gle/DKeELgyj6Fti... 👉🏼 Tag a friend who'd be a great fit. #SmallBusiness #AAPIBusiness

Happening tonight! Join us at OACC for a fabulous (and free panel) with AAPI kid's media creators.

🎉👶🏽🧒🏻👧🏼👦🏾🦄🌟Join us for a fun mixer with storyboard lead Nira Liu (PIXAR), illustrator Eugenia Yoh (Chronicle Books) + toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak (Jilly Bing). Celebrating Asian Voices in Children’s Media ⏰ 5/15, 6-8:30 pm 📍 OACC, 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland 🎟️ Free tix: oacc.cc/event/asian-kids-media/

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! Join us at OACC for fabulous free events! RSVP at oacc.cc/event/ 🦄 Celebrating Asian Voices in Children’s Media 4/14, 6-8:30 pm 🌊 Stories from the Edge of Sea With Andrew Lam 5/17, 2-4 pm 🏳️‍🌈Queer Asian World Cinema 5/22, 6:30-9 pm 🎶 Celebrating the Zither 5/30, 7-9 pm

SFF celebrates the launch of The Culture Keepers—a storytelling & media platform bringing visibility, resources, & care to Bay Area artists & culture makers. The project features SFF grantee Galería de la Raza. Watch the documentary: https://theculturekeepers.org/culture-hubs/galeria-de-la-raza/

🎶👧🏻👦🏽👦🏼👧🏾🎶Tomorrow at OACC! Join us for Echoes of Eureka: A Youth Opera Bridging History and Hope FREE tix at oacc.cc/event/echoes... 🗓️ Sat, Apr 18, 4-6 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland This multimedia explores history, immigration, and reparations.

🪷☀️ This Saturday! Celebrate the SE Asian New Year at OACC. Featuring the Khmer Amathak Dance Troupe, Traditional Lao Culture Performers, vendor market & more! 🗓️ Sat, April 11, 2026 12 noon-3 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Suite 290, Oakland 🎟️ FREE tix at oacc.cc/event/sea-ny-2026

🪷☀️ This Saturday! Celebrate the SE Asian New Year at OACC. Featuring the Khmer Amathak Dance Troupe, Traditional Lao Culture Performers, vendor market & more! 🗓️ Sat, April 11, 2026 12 noon-3 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Suite 290, Oakland 🎟️ FREE tix at oacc.cc/event/sea-ny-2026

Tomorrow! Support our Iranian American vendors at the OACC Nowruz mini market! Market opens at 6:30 pm. 🪕✨ Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Nowruz with the Persian Classical Trio 🗓️ Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7-9 pm 📍OACC, 388 9th St Suite 290, Oakland 🎟️ FREE tix at oacc.cc/event/persian-classical/

On display at the Main Library TeenZone are a beautiful variety of books for teens about Muslim families and their stories. 📚 Pick up a book in person or place a hold for you to pick up at your local library branch. ➡️ https://bit.ly/47BoKXW Ramadan Kareem! 🌙

🖌️ Spotlight on ARASH SHIRINBAB, award-winning Arabic and Persian calligrapher. Join us at 6:45 this Friday night for his demo. 🪕✨ Nowruz w/ the Persian Classical Trio + Pezhham Tombak Ensemble Mar 20, 7-9 pm (doors at 6:30 pm) Oakland Asian Cultural Center 🎟️ FREE tix at oacc.cc/event/persia...

Taxes are hard. Find help at your library! Free basic tax help is available at select library branches until April 15th. Sign up ➡️ https://oaklandlibrary.org/tax-help/

Join the Oakland Dept of Transportation an 8th Street Corridor Improvements Workshop at OACC, and share your feedback on public safety. Thurs, Mar 19, 4:30-6:30 pm. Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland RSVP by Mar 17 at us.openforms.com/Form/638b51c...

Applications are open for our Nowruz mini-market on Fri, Mar 20, 6:30-9 pm. SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) vendors are especially encouraged to apply. There are no fees to vend. 👉🏼 Apply by Sun, Mar 15 at forms.gle/EpS84uGYuD3m... #SWANA #Nowruz #SmallBusiness

Join The Oaklandside on March 19 for a lively discussion with local authors Jasmine Guillory and Carolina Ixta, and Nomadic Bookshop founder J.K. Fowler.

I held my community congressional swearing-in here last January. It was the only right choice. Cultural institutions don’t fail because people stop loving them. They fail because love without commitment is not enough. The Grand Lake doesn’t need our nostalgia. It deserves our partnership.

Enjoy the moves from the Lincoln Square Rec seniors! We love the energy our community brings through the doors 🔥🪩🕺🏽 #LincolnParkRec #Oakland #OaklandChinatown #OaklandAsianCulturalCenter

Summer 2026 internship applications for my district & D.C. offices are now open. If you are a college student, grad student, or recent grad with a passion for public service & social justice work, we would love to have you on Team Simon! Head to simon.house.gov/services/int... for info & to apply.

Happening today at noon!

🧵🪡📍👚 It's Mending Circle this Friday at OACC! As always, it's free to attend, no RSVP necessary. Bring items to repair. Basic sewing equipment provided. Friday, March 6, 12 noon-1 pm 388 9th St. Suite 290, Oakland Questions? 📧 Email: [email protected] #OACC #Free #Mending #Sewing #Community

🪕✨ Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Nowruz with the Persian Classical Trio (Pezhham Akhavass, Aryan Rahmanian, Ashkan Ghafouri) + the Pezhham Tombak Ensemble 🗓️ Fri, Mar 20, 2026 7-9 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Suite 290, Oakland 🎟️ FREE tix at oacc.cc/event/persian-classical

Join us for a new exhibition uplifting immigrant voices and languages at OACC. 🌸 OUR LANGUAGE, OUR STORY: PHOTOS BY JOYCE XI 🗓️ Artist reception: Sat, April 4, 4-6pm On view: Mar 18-May 23 (Wed-Sat, 12 noon–5 pm) 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland oacc.cc/event/joyce-...

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Save the date for March 15, with artist Flo Oy Wong, Roy Chan, and Andi Wong! 🍿 and light refreshments will be served. 🎞️ TALES OF THE TOFU GODDESS 🗓️ Sunday, March 15, 1-3 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland 🎟️ FREE tix at oacc.cc/event/tofu-goddess/

My city, Oakland, has roughly the same population (a bit more, actually) as the entire country of Iceland. IMAGINE, if you will, what we could dream up and design and see with this level of arts funding -- instead of funding our carceral state.

🎉 BUILDING BELONGING IN THE BAY TOGETHER 🎉 We're thrilled to announce that we've been selected as an inaugural awardee of the brand-new Walter & Elise Haas Fund WE Initiative—a $12M investment to fuel ongoing efforts to strengthen community bonds and foster connection across the Bay Area.

Our own Dr. Ayumi Nagase helped create this new exhibit at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Check it out now through March 14th, noon to 5pm. There will be a panel discussion and reception on 2/22 at 2pm. oacc.cc/event/topaz-... @Sonoma State University @oaklandasiancc.bsky.social

🚴🏽‍♀️ New to bike commuting? Curious about making your ride smoother? This welcoming bilingual workshop (Cantonese/English) will build confidence, teach skills, + share joy in biking. Presented by @bikeeastbay.bsky.social Sat, Feb 28, 12-1 pm Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland

✨PERFORMER HIGHLIGHT: Urisawe Korean Dance and Drumming performs at 3 pm! 🎟️ Free tix at oacc.cc/event/LNY-BHM-2026 🎉 Lunar New Year x Black History Month Celebration 🗓️ Sat, Feb 7, 11 am-4 pm 📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland Art by Valerie Liu #Korean #Free #LNY #BHM

Day 2 of Oakland Chinatown Lunar New Year! More events next week - combined Black History Month & Lunar New Year celebration Sat 2/7, Oakland Asian Cultural Center. @oaklandasiancc.bsky.social oacc.cc/event/lny-bhm-2026/ There's also a Solano Ave event on 2/7 www.solanoavenueassn.org/events/lunar...