Direction for Tomorrow's Art Murmur

First:
Check out Miss California and the promised-to-be awwww inspiring lighting of Jack London Square


Second:
Velo Wonderland: Bike and Art Party
Bicycle-themed and recycled art curated by local artist Margo Rivera-Weiss. Enjoy snacks from Spice Monkey and beer from Linden Street Brewery. DJ Olga T will be spinning music all night long.


Third:
Meander among the more southernly Art Murmur galleries that you never make it to, starting with the art space that is celebrating its opening next to the Layover. For a map of these galleries see HERE

Trying to Quit? Some Christmas Carols to Spur You Along...

Badass East Bay Christmas Celebrations

So I covered the children-friendly Christmas celebrations happening this week, now for a couple adult and O-so-Oakland versions...


Nightmare Before Christmas Electronic-Music (Rave)
3 rooms of sound. Pictures with "Gangsta Santa". Dancing from 10pm-6am.
Whats not to like? Get your tickets fast though as they jump up in price soon. Happens this Friday, Dec 4th.


East Bay SantaCon
Perhaps you have heard of SantaCon? Basically it's an event where people get dressed up as Santa and do a pub crawl together, usually with many moments of un-Santa-like behavior along the way. San Francisco obviously has a huge one, but if you are hardcore East Bay pride like me, get your kicks in Alameda this Friday.

Half Priced Oakland Raiders Tickets - 2 games left!

"Friends" of the Red Cross can get $71 seats at the upcoming Redskins game for only 30 bucks. The money in turn goes to support the Red Cross, so everyone wins! Check out the deal HERE