July 30– Friday
Dancing Under the Stars | FOXTROT
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Kick up your heels and enjoy a free dance lesson provided by Linden Street Dance Studio!
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July 30 – Friday
Oakland Underground Film Screening | Shaolin Soccer
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage. Plus, Soccer Mash Up-millions of images, videomedley.

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Diablo Magazine
Oakland's Restaurant Boom
Oakland, a perennial also-ran to foodie neighbors Berkeley and San Francisco, has been experiencing a restaurant renaissance, attracting a dizzying range of high-quality dining spots.
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New York Times
In Oakland, Innovation Is on the Menu
BOCANOVA, a new industrial-chic restaurant on Jack London Square in Oakland, Calif., has all the characteristics of a sophisticated urban restaurant: banquette seating, wooden tables, irregularly shaped Edison light bulbs hanging from the ceiling, and a stained-glass bar in the middle of the spacious dining room.
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