SAVE-THE DATE: Thursday, March 3rd

SAVE-THE DATE: Thursday, March 3rd Celebrating 10 Years of Help, Hope & Healing with the Khadafy Foundation for Non-Violence.

The Khadafy Foundation will celebrate its 10th anniversary Thursday with a gala fundraising dinner at Scott's Seafood Grill & Bar in Jack London Square, featuring Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts as the keynote speaker. He will be joined by special guests California's Attorney General Kamala Harris, and Oakland Mayor Jean Quan.

WHAT: 10th anniversary gala fundraiser dinner

WHEN: Thursday, 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Scott's Seafood Grill & Bar, 2 Broadway, Oakland, in Jack London Square

TICKETS: $50; purchase in advance at http://www.khadafyfoundation.org/ or at the door

KHADAFY FOUNDATION for Non-Violence

Based in Oakland, California, the Khadafy Foundation provides support services to anyone who has lost a child or other loved one to violence. At this time of greatest crisis, we reach out with immediate support.

If your friend or family member was recently killed, please call Khadafy Foundation at (510) 839-1706 so they can assist you through this difficult time.

Click links to learn more about Khadafy Foundation programs and history, or to make a donation.

EAT REAL 2010, THIS WEEKEND!

Aug 27th, 2pm-9pm, Aug 28th, 10:30am-9pm, and Aug 29th, 2010

10:30am-5pm,
Jack London Square

Eat it. Make it. Grow it. Why choose when you can do all three? Truck loads of great food, tons of exciting demos that show the necessary food skills to survive the urban wild, performances, pop-up gardens, and more. For free.

Eat Real’s mission is to make real food as accessible and as affordable as fast food at events held in strategic communities across the United States. Eat Real’s success will be measured by increased public awareness of and respect for the craft of making good food and by the growth of green collar jobs in America’s growing regional food economies. Eat Real’s vision is of an America where food’s crucial importance to the health of our bodies, communities and economy is universally recognized, and where access to healthy and affordable real foods is a right, not a privilege. Also, in our ideal America, food tastes a whole lot better.

Tasty, local, fresh, handmade. These are just a few words that come to mind when we talk about food at Eat Real. We'll have the Bay Area's best street food vendors cooking up their amazing (and affordable!) dishes: tacos a hundred different ways, BBQ, flat-bread, noodles, curry, falafel, ice cream and more!

All food is $5 and below.

Event Map
http://eatrealfest.com/medias/docs/1022_ERF_2010_Map.pdf

Schedule
http://eatrealfest.com/medias/docs/2923_ERF_2010_Schedule_print_FINAL.pdf

Parking
http://www2.impark.com/pages/default.aspx?lang=en®ion=sanfranciscobayarea

Spend an Evening at Jack London Square

On August 6, the East Bay Express celebrates its winners of the 2010 Best of the East Bay readers’ poll and editors’ picks all along the Jack London Square waterfront. Over 20,000 guests are expected to attend and salute the best ideas, products and services that are borne out of the East Bay region.

This year’s Best of the East Bay Party main stage (sponsored by Amoeba Music) will feature twelve local bands: The Mighty Underdogs (made up of Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, Lateef from Latyrx and Headnodic from Crown City Rockers), Everything Must Go, Finish Ticket, Zydeco Flames, The Memphis Murder Men, Belle Monroe and her Brewglass Boys, Kit & the Branded Men, Bang Data, Birds and Batteries, Stone Foxes, Cheetahs on the Moon, and Fans of Jimmy Century.

Make sure to spend some time lounging in the Blues Pavilion (sponsored by the Bay Area Blues Society and Yoshi's), where the Express pays tribute to the venerable blues history of Russell City in Hayward and 7th Street in West Oakland with performances by some of the best blues musicians in the East Bay.

The Chabot Space & Science Center’s Kids’ Party Zone (sponsored by BandWorks and Bay Area Girls Rock Camp) will feature local kid bands The Vat, Poison Apple Pie, and Room 19. Performances are by members of the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp. The Kids’ Party Zone will also offer hands-on science projects and fun activities.

A DJ Stage featuring the talents of Dyloot and the Oakland Faders will evolve into a Dance Battle into the evening (sponsored by Yak Films and The People).

A world class street art show will be found at the event, including live art demonstrations from the East Bay's best artists (sponsored by 57-33 and Montana Cans). At the Gear Head Garage, you can feast your eyes on classic cars, motorcycles, and other works of art that feature gears and grease.

Don't miss the extreme sports, indie designer villages, and local restaurant vendors. It’s sure to be the region’s best party of the year.

When: Friday, August 6, 2010

Where: Jack London Square waterfront

Time: 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Admission: Free, All Ages

Getting there: BART (Lake Merritt or 12th Street stations), AC Transit, Alameda-Oakland Ferry, Broadway Shuttle, Amtrak.

Free bike valet parking provided by the East Bay Bike Coalition.

All proceeds from the bar will benefit the local nonprofit, OneCalifornia Foundation.

Discounted fares to the event are available by Amtrak: www.EastBayExpress.com/BOEBParty/Amtrak

Discounted overnight lodging is available at the Waterfront Hotel: www.EastBayExpress.com/BOEBParty/Hotel

VIP Packages for the event are now on sale: www.EastBayExpress.com/BOEBParty/VIP

Eat Real Festival August 28-30, 2009

...a mostly free celebration of sustainably produced street food,

coming to Jack London Square, August 28-30.

Time: Fri, 4PM - 9PM, Sat, 10 AM - 9PM, Sun, 10AM - 5PM

Eat Real shares similar local, sustainable values with the slow food movement, but it also focuses on accessibility and affordability.

Eat Real will mix restaurant-driven, trendy food carts like the crème brulée truck and sexy soup lady with the traditional taco trucks and barbeque outposts that have been feeding city workers for years.

A comparable number of farmers and food artisans from nine Bay Area counties will set up stalls inside the Jack London Market where they will sell and sample products. There will also be 40 Northern California microbreweries in the beer shed.

Oakland restaurants participating in the event include Camino, Pizzaiolo, Brown Sugar Kitchen, Miss Pearl’s Jam House and Radio Africa.

Several new Jack London Square businesses, including Bocanova restaurant and Miette Patisserie, will open in conjunction with the festival.

Attendees must pay for beer and food, but vendors agreed to keep their food offerings under $5, and an eight-beer tasting costs $20 in advance.

Proceeds from the event will benefit La Cocina, People’s Grocery and Buy Fresh, Buy Local, three nonprofits that support food entrepreneurs.

How do I get there? It's easy to get to the square by ferry, train, bus, car, bike, or BART—the Lake Merritt BART stop is only six blocks away.

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