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This Weekend Around the Bay
From Shannon Kelly
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| The Oakland Book Festival is a one-day, annual literary event. Dedicated to books, ideas, and the pleasures of literacy, it aims to serve the reading public, to encourage debate, and to celebrate the City of Oakland. It will host more than sixty writers in 2015 and is free and open to the public. Learn More>> |
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| UPCOMING BAY AREA EVENTS |
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TREASURE ISLAND FLEA
May 30-31 | 10:00am - 4:00pm
Launched with a mission to support local artists and entrepreneurs, the Treasure Island Flea debuted Memorial Day 2011. Four years later the monthly event has become a Bay Area hallmark and is Northern California’s largest monthly gathering of artists, collectors, designers, crafters and food trucks.
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AEOLIAN DAY 2015
May 31 | 11:00am - 4:00pm
Thingamajigs is proud to present the second edition of Aeolian Day: a free community festival where artists, musicians, children and sound makers come together to celebrate the sound of the wind at Oakland's Jack London Square.
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75th ANNIVERSARY SF BOTANICAL GARDENS
May 31 | 10:00am - 5:00pm
2015 marks 75 years since San Francisco Botanical Garden opened to the public as a place of beauty, learning and inspiration. To honor this anniversary, we've designed a day just for you.
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GARDENING WORKSHOP
MAY 30 | 12:00pm
Jeremy Watts of Food Forest Design joins Alameda's Ploughshares Nursery staff in conversation on reducing water use in the garden. Topics include drought tolerant plant selection, dry-farming, drip irrigation and other water management techniques.
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HONEY HARVESTING
May 31 | 10:00amInterested in learning how honey gets from hive to jar? In this hands-on class participants will uncap frames of honeycomb and hand spin them in an extractor to expel the honey. Taste three different backyard honeys and go home with a small sample of this delicious honey you help harvest.More Information
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BAY PARADE
May 31
Swimmers, kayakers, rowers, SUPers, surfers, sailors, and all Bay enthusiasts are invited to join our on-the-water parade to celebrate a healthy San Francisco Bay. Aquatic costumes, decorated boats, noisemakers, and team rivalries encouraged. Have a fun time on the Bay, for the Bay!
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