The Oakland History Center is excited to announce our lineup for the 2025 Fall History Series!
Now through November 29
During regular library hours
Main Library, 125 14th St.
Second floor
After an amazing response to our community diorama contest, we now have 69 miniature scenes from Oakland and East Bay history on display on the second floor of the Main Library. Stop by the Oakland History Center first to pick up a scavenger hunt to attempt while you admire the miniature details. Get a prize if you find them all! Dioramas will be on display through November 29, but voting for the people’s choice award is only open through October 3.
Saturday, October 4
2:00 PM
Main Library, 125 14th St.
Bradley C. Walters Community Room (lower level)
To kick off our Fall History Series programs, we invite you to a Celebration of Dioramas on Saturday October 4, 2:00 PM, at the Main Library. Meet diorama makers, hear about their inspiration, and see prizes awarded by celebrity judges Dorothy Lazard and Alexis Madrigal for the top dioramas. We’ll also play Oakland trivia led by Liam O’Donoghue.
Saturday, October 11
3:00 PM
Main Library, 125 14th St.
Bradley C. Walters Community Room (lower level)
Join us for a screening of The School: The Legacy of Hintil Ku’u Ca at 3:00 PM at the Main Library. Created by an all-Native team, this documentary traces the development of Oakland’s first Native child development center, founded during the occupation of Alcatraz in 1970. Executive producer Leah Aguilar will answer questions after the film.
Saturday, October 25
1:00 PM
César E. Chávez Branch Library, 3301 E. 12th St.
The Fruitvale History Project is a wonderful local history organization working to preserving the history of Fruitvale. This panel will give you an introduction to their work, and an overview of the many social service organizations that were created in Fruitvale during and after the Chicano Rights Movement.
Thursday, October 30
6:00 PM
Main Library, 125 14th St.
Bradley C. Walters Community Room (lower level)
Author/DJ/geographer Alex Werth will discuss his new book, On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland. Werth looks at Oakland spaces from downtown nightclubs to Lake Merritt to the Eastmont Mall to reveal how the liberatory sonic politics of funk, hip-hop, and hyphy rap have been both a means of empowerment and a magnet for policing.
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