Help send Oakland kids to Summer Camp!
Help send Oakland kids to Summer Camp! Every kid deserves a chance to go to camp. At Oakland Feather River Camp (est. 1924 in Quincy, CA, once a beautiful California Zephyr rail ride away from Jack London Square), girls and boys, ages 7-14, revel and grow in the fresh, open air and natural beauty of...
How do you start a truly diverse jazz/improvised music performance collective in Oakland?
How would we start a jazz/improvised music performance collective that was truly inclusive and diverse* for performing musicians in Oakland? This is a serious question. I realize that some of these already exist (Oakland Public Conservatory, La Peña, The Sound Room), and there are jams as well, such as the one started by tenor saxophonist...