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citywide cinemas | farmers’ markets | galleries | libraries | museums | newsstand | performance venues | public art FEATURED EVENT! 13th Annual Art & Soul Oakland August 2013 The festival that launched downtown Oakland’s transformation as the Bay Area’s hottest dining and arts scene, Art & Soul Oakland will sizzle this year with two art- and music-packed days featuring live jazz, rock, gospel, E.D.M., punk, honky-tonk, metal, world, Latin, folk, R&B, and blues music performed by national recording artists and top local talent. This year’s event also features late-night hours on Saturday; epic scales of art installations, film projections, and light-based art from local artists including de Young Museum artist fellows and artist-in-residence alumni, American Steel, and others; hundreds of artisan booths; gourmet global cuisine and mobile food trucks; and for kids, carnival rides, music, art activities and costumed characters. Easy to get to and fun for all, the 12th annual Art & Soul Oakland offers direct access via public transit in addition to free parking for cars and bikes. To learn more, click here. Grand Lake Theater Modern movie-going in a classic movie palace. Hear the “Mighty Wurlitzer” live before select Friday and Saturday evening screenings. 3200 Grand Ave., 510-452-3556, Daily 12p-12a Mapquest Map www.RRFilms.com Jack London Stadium 9 State-of-the-art, nine-screen movie theater. 100 Washington St., 510-433-1320, Daily 11a-12a Mapquest Map www.Regmovies.com Piedmont Cinema First-run movies at a neighborhood arthouse theater. 4186 Piedmont Ave., 510-464-5980, Mapquest Map The New Parkway Theatre Now open. Information forthcoming. 474 24th St. Mapquest Map

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