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: classes@oacc.cc
#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-...
See you there! 🍿❤️
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
Alfred wearing a red Chinese blouse and long black skirt, and a lot of imitation jade jewelry, holding an umbrella on a sunny day in Oakland Chinatown. there is a large mixed-use building in the background.
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...
✨🦁PERFORMER HIGHLIGHT: Comrade Lover Lion Dancers at 1:15 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
✨🪘🥁 PERFORMER HIGHLIGHT: Bantaba Drum Call at 1:15 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
✨🦁 PERFORMER HIGHLIGHT: Toishan Lion Dancers opening cermony at 11 am!
🎟️ 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
✨PERFORMER HIGHLIGHT: Patty Chu's Chinese Dance Troupe performs at 1 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
In one week! Mark your calendars and get free tickets now at oacc.cc/event/LNY-BHM-2026/
Congrats, Jeff! 🎉 Well deserved!
✨PERFORMER HIGHLIGHT: MPWRD Collective
🎟️ Free tix at oacc.cc/event/LNY-BHM-2026
We are thrilled to welcome MPWRD on Sat, Feb 7, at 11:30 am!
🎉 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
🪷 OACC Board applications are open. We have particular interest in candidates with:
- Nonprofit finance/law background
- Experience/expertise in S Asian, SE Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander arts + culture
- Arts, culture, identity + belonging intersectionality
Apply at bit.ly/oaccboard
To join the Feb 22 panel discussion with Dr. Ayumi Nagase and Dana Shew on the children's artwork, register for free tickets here: oacc.cc/event/day-of...
Join us in honoring the Japanese American Day of Remembrance.
🎨 "Topaz Todders: Children's Art from an American Concentration Camp"
🗓️ Feb 4-Mar 14, Wed-Sat 12 noon-5 pm
📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 9th St, Ste 290, Oakland
#DayofRemembrance #JapaneseAmerican #AsianAmerican #History
🎟️ FREE tix to the Feb 22 panel discussion with Dr. Ayumi Nagase and Dana Shew are available at oacc.cc/event/day-of-remembrance-2026/
