Reciprocal Membership
- Alameda / Oakland / Berkeley: USS Hornet, OMCA, Camron Stanford House, Chabot Space and Science Center, Junior Center of Art and Science, UCBG, BAMPFA, Berkeley Art Center, Doug Adams Gallery at CARe, Kala Art Institute,
- Greater Alameda County: Hayward Toy Museum, Hayward Area Historical Society,
Culture, Nature, Science
- Crab Cove
- USS Hornet
- Ferry ride
- Rosie the Riveter: www.rosietheriveter.org; www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wwllbayarea/for.htm; www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wwllbayarea/red.htm; www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wwllbayarea/ric.htm – Richmond; free
- SS Red Oak Victory – Richmond; $10 + $5 docent tour; Tu, Th, Sa, Su 10am – 3pm
- Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) at 10th and Clay in Oakland, parking garage under museum $10 for evening events.
- Friday nights April through October, 5 to 9pm, free. Food trucks on 10th Street 5 to 8pm, DJ in the Amphitheater, live performance on the Garden Stage.
- Thursday nights, ThursDates, January through March, 5 to 8pm, free, 18+. Town Fare open.
- Third Sundays, Spotlight Sundays, afternoon talk
- First Sundays, free general, $6 special exhibits
- Chabot Space and Science Museum – Oakland Hills
- Lawrence Hall of Science
- UC Berkeley Art Musuem, Pheobe Hearst Museum, BAMPFA, Bade Museum of Biblical Archaeology (1798 Scenic Ave, 849-8272)
- Judah L. Magnes Museum, 2911 Russell, 549-6950
- UC Botanical Gardens – halfway up the ridge above Berkeley and the UC campus, http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/collections_intro.shtml
- Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge: www.fws.gov/desfbay/directions.htm
Alameda Murals
- East side of 1619 Webster.
- Northwest corner of Lincoln and Webster.
Art
- Art Route Oakland – self-guided tours of galleries and outdoor art last held May 2022
- Going Away, Coming Home glass mural by Hung Liu in OAK Terminal 2 concourse. OMCA memories of Hung Liu.
The Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historic Park is in Richmond, CA at the preserved Kaiser Shipyards. Housed next door is the SS Red Oak Victory, one of the 142 Victory Ships produced in Richmond from mid-1944 to 1946. (The other two museum Victory Ships are ported in Los Angeles and Tampa.) Nearby Alameda houses the USS Hornet (built in Newport News), one of four Essex class WWII era aircraft carriers preserved as a museum, and Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O’Brien (built in Richmond) is housed in San Francisco. The infamous Port Chicago (Concord, CA) explosion occurred 70 years ago on July 17, 1944.
Playland-not-at-the-Beach
City Limits, art gallery, 300 Jefferson St (Jack London Square), Oakland; Saturdays 1 – 5pm (and by appointment).
Food
- It’s All Good Bakery until Jan 2026, 5622 MLK Jr Way, Oakland – first HQ of the Black Panther Party
- Factory tour at TCHO Chocolate in Berkeley.
- Gourmet Ghetto
Architecture
- Oakland Chapel of the Chimes – Built in 1909 as a railway depot. Redeveloped by Julia Morgan beginning in 1928.
- Oakland Heritage Alliance – quarterly tour of the Oakland Fox Theater
- Self-guided walking tours of Oakland
- Oakland Urban Paths
- Berkeley Walks – self-guided walking tours of Berkeley
Nightlife
- Movies and pizza at The New Parkway
- Oakland All-Star Banjo Band on Thursdays, 7:30 to 9:30pm at Porky’s Pizza Palace, 1221 Manor Blvd, San Leandro, 510-357-4323
- Woodminster Amphitheater in the Oakland Hills’ Joaquin Miller Park
- Eli’s Mile High Club, http://elismilehigh.com/, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland – originally a blues club, currently a punk (as in the music genre) dive bar other than Monday nights
Shopping
- Telegraph Ave in Berkeley – T’s into Bancroft and UC Berkeley campus: Amoeba Records (2455 Telegraph), Rasputin Records, Moe’s Books (2476 Telegraph), Cody’s Books, Norikonoko (homestyle Japanese restuarant with great ramen), Slurp
- Title 9 Sports (1374 10th St off of Gilman), REI, North Face, Smith and Hawkins, Travel Smith – sports clothing and equipment; housewares and garden; travel clothing
- Nolo Outlet, 950 Parker
- Mr. Mopp’s, 1405 MLK Jr. Way – toy store
Kids
- Crab Cove – Sharks
- Pinball Museum – pacificpinball.org
- Children’s Fairyland
- Oakland Museum of CA
- Habitot Children’s Museum
- Hall of Health
- Junior Center of Art and Science
- Museum of Children’s Art
- Chabot Space and Science Center
- Lawrence Hall of Science
- Museum of Paleontology – includes one room of dino bones; UCB, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg
- Campanile Tower, M-F 10am – 3:45pm, bells at 7:50am, noon, 6pm; elevator + short stairs
- Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
- Niles Canyon Railway, www.ncry.org
- Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, www.nilesfilmmuseum.org
- Ardenwood Historic Farm
- Books Inc
- Emeryville Public Market