Black Film: Unscreened & Unstreamed, Distribution & Streaming
2025-10-23 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Oakstop, 1721 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
DeShuna Spencer, founder of KweliTV, shares what it takes to build a streaming platform from ground zero and works from her own platform.DeShuna Spencer shares her journey from concept to creation—building one of the most dynamic platforms dedicated to global Black storytelling. In this unique session, DeShuna will showcase a curated selection of trailers or clips from her favorite featured works and speak candidly about.
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THE MONSTERS MANSION - Presenting The Tingler
2025-10-23 19:00 | The Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N 3rd St, Hayward, CA
Step right up for a spine-tingling evening like no other as The Monsters Mansion presents “The Tingler”, an exclusive one-night event on October 23, 2025, at 7:00 PM. Burrowed in the enchanting mystery of a bygone era, our historic mansion becomes the perfect haunting ground for an evening filled with thrills, skills, and chills.
As dusk falls, prepare to immerse yourself in a world where every shadow has a tale, and every whisper echoes a secret from another realm. The vintage allure of the mansion, combined with mesmerizing performances, promises a scintillating affair — every gasp of suspense mirrored by the evening’s haunting ambiance. Light refreshments will be impeccably paired to tickle those senses still brave enough to remain unstirred.
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Branford Marsalis Quartet – Belonging Tour
2025-10-23 19:30, 2025-10-24 19:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
2011 NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis represents “the highest echelon of jazz tenor saxophonists” (Los Angeles Times). He returns with his superlative quartet featuring pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Reevis, and drummer Justin Faulkner to perform a range of music including a selection of the Keith Jarrett compositions that make up his 2025 Blue Note debut, Belonging — a reinterpretation of Jarrett’s landmark 1974 ECM quartet release of the same name.
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Brandee Younger Trio
2025-10-23 20:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Brandee Younger is revolutionizing the harp’s role in modern music. Over the past 15 years, she has worked relentlessly to stretch boundaries and limitations for harpists. In 2022, she made history by becoming the first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy award for Best Instrumental Composition. That same year, she was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award and later, the winner of the 2024 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Jazz Album for her latest album Brand New Life.
Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.
Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.
Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400
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Clockwork Alchemy 2025: Gaslight Fantasy
2025-10-24 - 2025-10-26 | Grand Bay Hotel SF Redwood Shores, 223 Twin Dolphin Dr, Redwood City, 94065
Clockwork Alchemy is the San Francisco Bay Area’s premiere steampunk, science fiction, and fantasy event. This year’s theme is “Gaslight Fantasy,” celebrating Gothic horror and gaslamp fantasy. Fans of stories such as Dracula, The Night Circus, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Call of Cthulhu, Shadow and Bone, The Nevers, Arcane, and Carnival Row are invited to take part in our convention. Come and delight in our weekend of music, dancing, panels, lectures, workshops, martial arts, shopping, and more!
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Rave into the Future: Art in Motion
2025-10-24 - 2026-01-12 | Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Rave into the Future offers a space of joyful connection and community through a blend of music- and dance-inspired video, sculpture, photography, and room-sized immersive installations by women and queer artists from the West Asian diaspora.
In recent years, Asian artists, DJs, and communities have been at the heart of a resurgence of electronic music-based dance parties across the globe. Meanwhile, music from West Asia has experienced a surge in worldwide popularity, connecting new audiences with the ongoing dialogue between tradition and innovation in the region’s diverse musical genres.
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BWOPA|TILE Power Up Leadership Summit 2025
2025-10-24 17:30 - 2025-10-25 17:00 | Kissel Uptown Oakland, 2455 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
​BWOPA/TILE’s biennial leadership summit is the premier space for women to sharpen skills, expand networks, and prepare for impactful leadership in public life. Whether you’re considering a role on a school board, city council, or statewide commission—or simply want to grow as a leader to better your community — Power Up is for you!
Why Attend?

Two days of hands-on training and professional development
Expert workshops on leadership, governance, fundraising, and communications
Connections with statewide mentors, decision-makers, and changemakers
A powerful community of Black women ready to lead and make history

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Oakland Diwali
2025-10-24 18:00 | BLOC15 Event Venue, 252 2nd Street, Oakland, 94607
Oakland Diwali is a festival of lights like no other. Free and family-friendly, Oakland Diwali brings together hundreds people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds from all across the Bay Area. Dynamic dance and music performances, delicious South Asian food, and infectious community vibes have made Oakland Diwali stand out as a not-to-miss celebration.This year, Oakland Diwali is going to be bigger than ever, bringing you the best of South Asian culture with authentic Oakland spice.
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American Conservatory Theater's Annual Gala Ignite the Night
2025-10-24 18:30 | St. Joseph’s Arts Society, 1401 Howard St, San Francisco, 94103
American Conservatory Theater’s Annual Gala Ignite the Night.

6:30 pm | Cocktails
7:30 pm | Dinner
8:30 pm | Performance (featuring Quentin Earl Darrington)
9:30 pm | Dancing (with Spellbound DJ)

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Candlelight: Best of Joe Hisaishi
2025-10-24 18:30 | First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, 2619 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Oakland. Get your tickets now to discover the best of Anime music at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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Summer Sessions: Daryl Hall with Special Guest Glenn Tilbrook
2025-10-24 19:00 | The Meritage Resort and Spa, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa, 94558
Daryl Hall is a modern-day renaissance man, an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the star of his very own award-winning web series, Live from Daryl’s House, as well as a successful venue owner with “Daryl’s House,” a restored venue and live music space in Pawling, N.Y. The Philadelphia soul man is still achieving career milestones more than four decades later, continuing to perform with his band to sold out venues everywhere.
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Amaro Freitas, Solo
2025-10-24 19:00, 2025-10-24 20:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
DownBeat magazine says, “Brazilian pianist Amaro Freitas has developed an approach to the keyboard that’s so unique it’s startling.” The Recife-reared instrumentalist performs over two nights in Joe Henderson Lab, including material from his new album Y’Y, an all-star session inspired by his life-changing visit to the Amazon rainforest.
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20th Anniversary Gala and Awards Celebration
2025-10-24 19:00 - 23:00 | Antioch Golf Course, 4800 Golf Course Rd, Antioch, 94531
We warmly invite you to join beat the streets. As we embark on this exciting journey together, enjoy an evening filled with festivities, music, and refreshments.
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Dance Poland! 50th Anniversary Concert
2025-10-24 19:30 | Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596, United States
Dance Poland! promises a lush and electrifying concert presented by the Bay Area’s own Łowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble. Award-winning international musicians will join over 60 dancers and singers to celebrate Poland’s time-honored folk heritage, and Łowiczanie’s 50 years of dance and tradition! An unforgettable evening of Polish music and dance awaits.
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KRS-One
2025-10-24 20:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Appearing on the rap scene in 1986 as Boogie Down Productions, KRS-One released his first hit single “South Bronx” with the late DJ Scott La Rock and made it clear that hip-hop was going to have to take itself a lot more seriously than simply being a music genre.
Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.
Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.
Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400
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Lyfe Jennings - The Adventures of Lyfe
2025-10-24 20:00, 2025-10-24 22:00 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Not that he’d wish it on anyone, but it was during his ten-year sentence in prison that Lyfe Jennings developed his honest sound, thanks to isolation and Erykah Badu. It was an arson charge that put the Toledo, Ohio native in prison. His musical aspirations started in the church choir and grew up in the Dotsons, a teenage group that Lyfe formed with his brother and a couple cousins. Prison made his music deeper, according to Lyfe, and when a copy of Erykah Badu’s Baduizm ended up in his cell in 1997, he was inspired and had the feeling that this introspective edge to his music was worth developing.
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Katalyst
2025-10-24 20:00 | San Jose Jazz, 310 S First St, San Jose, 95113
Katalyst is a nine-piece band born and bred in Los Angeles. Katalyst’s style of music can best be described as “contemporary instrumental,” combining sounds from all over the world integrated with jazz.
Katalyst is not just a band, however, it is a collective of producers, composers, session musicians and writers who have worked with the likes of Beyonce, Solange, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Anderson.Paak, Nas, Alina Baraz, Soulection, SiR, Kamaal Williams, Big Sean, and more, on notable stages from the Walt Disney Concert Hall to Coachella.
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Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
2025-10-24 20:45 | First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, 2619 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
🎃 Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Oakland. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by Halloween at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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Candlelight: The Best of Joe Hisaishi
2025-10-24 20:45 | The Chan National Queer Arts Center, 170 Valencia St, San Francisco, 94103, United States
⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in San Francisco. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Joe Hisaishi at The Chan National Queer Arts Center under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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The Reclaiming-Healing to Joy Part 2
2025-10-25 - 2025-10-26 | Valley Center for Performing Arts, 3500 Mountain Blvd, Oakland, 94619
Dimensions Dance Theater, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected African American dance companies, announces the world premiere of The Reclaiming: Healing to Joy Part 2 for its Fall home season. This powerful, two-part production honors the resilience and brilliance of Black dance traditions, bridging generations while presenting bold new work that reflects the urgency and beauty of our current cultural moment.
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Hello, Star
2025-10-25 - 2025-10-26 | Creativity Theater, 221 Fourth Street (@ Howard),, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Composer Carla Lucero
Librettist Jarrod Lee
Based on the book by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic
Co-commissioned by Opera Parallèle and The Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University
A young girl is captivated by a call from a bright dying star. With curiosity as her leader and her Mother as guide, she questions her ability to meet the star before it fades away. A multigenerational opera that celebrates the contributions of Black women to science.
Based on the book Hello, Star, written by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, illustrated by Vashti Harrison, and published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers.
Approx. 50 minutes without intermission
Sung in English with English supertitles
Pay What You Can: $15 / $30 / $60
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The Haunt: An Artistically-Twisted Haunted House
2025-10-25 - 2025-11-01 | YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street (at 3rd Street) , San Francisco, CA, 94103-3138, United States
This annual event brings the American haunted house tradition to life with the spirit and resourcefulness of San Francisco’s creative underworld—spooky yet campy, scrappy but full of wonder, DIY and open to everyone.
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Hybrid | 4th Annual Kelly Brush Ride: Bay Area
2025-10-25 07:00 | The Depot Plaza, 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 94941
The Kelly Brush Ride is back for its fourth year in the Bay Area! Join us for a fun day cycling picturesque Marin County on Saturday, October 25, to support the Kelly Brush Foundation’s mission to inspire and empower people with spinal cord injuries to lead active and engaged lives. From leisurely family-friendly jaunts to challenging routes for mountain and road cyclists alike, pick your route and pedal for a purpose. Afterward, join us for a post-ride celebration with delicious eats and drinks, music, and prizes! Can’t make it to Mill Valley? No worries! Join us remotely from anywhere, anytime, leading up to October 25. Every mile counts towards our mission.
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Oct 25 Azazie Berkeley Pop-Up
2025-10-25 09:00 - 17:00 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Berkeley Marina, 200 Marina Blvd, Berkeley, 94710
Brides-to-be, bridal parties, and fashion lovers are invited to shop Azazie’s Berkeley Pop-Up on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Berkeley Marina. For one day only, Azazie will bring its most popular collections offline, including Bridal, Bridesmaid, and Azazie Atelier styles.
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The Free Breakfast Program
2025-10-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Black Panther Party Museum, 1427 Broadway, Oakland, 94612
Join us for a conversation on the power and purpose of the Free Breakfast for Schoolchildren Program with Black Panther veteran Katherine Campbell.

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Fabric Painting Workshop
2025-10-25 10:00 - 14:00 | Livermore Valley Arts, 2400 First St, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States
Designed to introduce participants to the basics of this traditional art form, suitable for beginner skill levels, with the goal of teaching attendees to create their own batik designs!
Starts with a brief overview of batik’s history, followed by a hands-on session where participants will learn how to apply wax and dye to fabric. All participants will be able to take a finished piece they have made home. All necessary materials, including fabric, wax, dyes, and brushes, will be provided. There is a material charge of $40 that is due on class day.
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Oakland Soul Arts & Music Festival
2025-10-25 11:00 - 17:00 | Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, 10 10th Street, Oakland, 94607, United States
Join the fun, the excitement and the experience of the Bay Area at the Oakland Soul Arts & Music Festival. It all begins at 11am at the HENRY J. KAISER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS (Note New Location) loctaed at 10 Tenth Street in Oakland for two days( instead of one as previoulsy schedule) SATURDAY OCTOBER 25th. Gates open on Satuday at 11am and Sunday at 11am. The event schedule is Saturday 11am-5pm.
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