Events
Current Exhibit: Mother, Artist, Healer, Warrior: Woman as Metaphor in Paintings by Jon Onye Lockard
In ProgressAll dayOnline eventJon Onye Lockard (1932-2015) -- portraitist, muralist, and illustrator--often created images that focused on the position of females throughout the Black world. By exploring his iconography, especially the themes of mother, artist, healer,…
Exhibit: Found in a Library Book
In ProgressAll dayHave you ever wondered what happens to the things you leave behind?
Well, if you leave them in an OPL library book, or around the library, you might find them in our Found in a Library Book collection.
Now you can come see some of…
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Now a place of condos, offices and malls, Emeryville was once a transportation and manufacturing hub.
The photos in this exhibit show how Emeryville transformed itself- the adaptive reuse of a bakery, a condo complex on a former dump,…
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What do you remember about the Eastmont Mall? With the interior spaces designed by architect William Pereira, it was only the second mall in Oakland. It opened in stages in 1966-71, and the grand opening was in 1970. You're…
Visions Toward Tomorrow Exhibition
In ProgressAll dayExplore Visions Toward Tomorrow: The African American Community in Oakland, 1890-1990, a long-term exhibition that examines one century of African Americans building families, neighborhoods, and businesses as they fought for social justice…
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Mother, Artist, Healer, Warrior: Woman as Metaphor in Paintings by Jon Onye Lockard
Tour the online exhibition. Jon Onye Lockard (1932-2015)—portraitist, muralist, and illustrator—often created images that focused on the position of females…
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Explore Visions Toward Tomorrow: The African American Community in Oakland, 1890-1990, a long-term exhibition that examines one century of African Americans building families, neighborhoods, and businesses as they fought for social justice…
Explore Visions Toward Tomorrow: The African American Community in Oakland, 1890-1990, a long-term exhibition that examines one century of African Americans building families, neighborhoods, and businesses as they fought for social justice…
Explore Visions Toward Tomorrow: The African American Community in Oakland, 1890-1990, a long-term exhibition that examines one century of African Americans building families, neighborhoods, and businesses as they fought for social justice…