BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Oakland: dance\, this weekend (Fri Sep 18 to Sun Sep 20\, Amer ica/Los_Angeles). Rolling: the window moves forward every day\, so subscri be rather than download. Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https: //caldiscovery.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains in formation from CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/oakland-ca/this-weekend-dance.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Oakland: dance\, this weekend (Fri Sep 18 to Sun Sep 20\, Ame rica/Los_Angeles). Rolling: the window moves forward every day\, so subscr ibe rather than download. Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https ://caldiscovery.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains i nformation from CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland · dance · this weekend · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Native Boogie and Beats at Lincoln Park DTSTART:20260919T190000Z DTEND:20260919T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260814T070850Z UID:89931@510families.com CATEGORIES:community,dance,music,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Powwow Dancing and Drumming at Lincoln Park (1450 High St.\, A lameda)\n\nGrab your chairs and blankets\, pack a picnic lunch and head ou tdoors to celebrate the diverse cultural traditions of the community with music and dance from around the globe at Rhythmix in the Parks.\n\nFeel th e richness and soul of traditional Powwow Dancing and Drumming with Bay Ar ea-based Native Boogie and Beats. Learn the deep cultural roots of these s ongs and dances throughout the interactive performance. LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T070850Z LOCATION:Lincoln Park\, 1450 High St\, Alameda\, CA\, United States URL:https://www.510families.com/calendar/native-boogie-and-beats-at-lincol n-park/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=oakland-ca X-SOURCE-NAME:Summer Fairs and Festivals for Bay Area Families X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.510families.com/free-museum-days-bay-area END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ballet Folklorico de Ricardo Velazquez Performance DTSTART:20260919T200000Z DTEND:20260919T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T194504Z UID:84324@510families.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month come to the Brookfie ld Branch for a dance performance by Folklórico de Ricardo Velázquez!\n\ nFolklórico de Ricardo Velázquez is more than just a dance academy — i t’s a vibrant space where tradition\, passion\, and pride in our Mexican roots come to life through the art of dance. Our mission is to preserve\, celebrate\, and pass on the rich cultural heritage of Mexico\, honoring o ur customs\, music\, and traditional attire with every step and movement r ooted in history. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T194504Z LOCATION:Brookfield Branch | Oakland Public Library\, 9255 Edes Avenue\, O akland\, CA\, 94603\, Alameda\, East Bay\, United States URL:https://www.510families.com/calendar/ballet-folklorico-de-ricardo-vela zquez-performance/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=oak land-ca X-SOURCE-NAME:Summer Fairs and Festivals for Bay Area Families X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.510families.com/free-museum-days-bay-area END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:c360: Cosmic Dance DTSTART:20260919T220000Z DTEND:20260919T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T002351Z UID:10005648-1789830000-1789833600@chabotspace.org CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:35 minutes\nAges 8 and up \nGot restless feet? You’re in goo d company: the Sun\, Moon\, planets and stars also have those ants in thei r pants and can’t keep their feet moving to the beat of their ageless co smic dance. Two-step\, tango\, break dance\, and dosey-doe your way across the solar system in this live immersive show! We’ll cover a few basics of the dance of the planets\, whose motions across the sky puzzled and bew ildered Earthly onlookers for millennia. \nChabot Space & Science Center i n-house production LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T002351Z URL:https://chabotspace.org/calendar/c360-cosmic-dance/2026-09-19/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=oakland-ca X-SOURCE-NAME:Chabot Space & Science Center | East Bay Area - Oakland CA X-SOURCE-URL:https://chabotspace.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pop-Up Family Dance Class DTSTART:20260920T170000Z DTEND:20260920T175000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T192541Z UID:90478@510families.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Join Luna Dance & Creativity on Sunday 9/20/26 for FREE Family Dance. This class is an opportunity for children and parents/guardians to deepen their connection through creative movement exploration. All ages a nd generations welcome. Come gallop\, burst\, balance\, and wiggle.\n\nWhe re: Strawberry Creek Park\nWhen: September 20\, 10am -10:50am\nRSVP at htt ps://lunadancecreativity.org/product/pop-up-family-dance-2026/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T192541Z LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Park\, 1260 Allston Way\, Berkeley\, California\ , 94702\, California\, United States URL:https://www.510families.com/calendar/pop-up-family-dance-class-2/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=oakland-ca X-SOURCE-NAME:Summer Fairs and Festivals for Bay Area Families X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.510families.com/free-museum-days-bay-area END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Family Dance DTSTART:20260920T180000Z DTEND:20260920T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T073527Z UID:79313@510families.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:The BOTMC family dance is a great way for families to have fun dancing together in a casual setting to great live music by the Manning M ud Stompers. Susan has decades of experience calling family dances!  She will teach all the moves\, with some dances that even babes in arms can do .​​​​​​​​​​​​​​\n\n \n11:00 - 12:30 FREE        \n\n\nAshkenaz 1317 San Pablo Ave (near Gilman)\, Berkeley\nFree pa rking across the street in the REI lot - and street parking is free on Sun days LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T073527Z LOCATION:Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center\, 1317 San Pablo Avenue \, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, East Bay\, United States URL:https://www.510families.com/calendar/family-dance-2/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=oakland-ca X-SOURCE-NAME:Summer Fairs and Festivals for Bay Area Families X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.510families.com/free-museum-days-bay-area END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Alice Street Screening with Malonga Arts Dance and Drums DTSTART:20260920T200000Z DTEND:20260920T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T004852Z UID:10002367-1789909200-1789916400@museumca.org CATEGORIES:dance,film DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n \n \n \n \n\n Your bro wser does not support the video tag.\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nMildred Howard Public Art: Stories In the Landscape\n\ n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Alice Street Screening with Malonga Arts Dance and Drums\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis month’s Spotlight Sundays highlights the st ory and spirit of Oakland as a nexus of community belonging and resilience in the face of rapid gentrification\, themes central to Mildred Howard’ s artwork and practice. We will screen the documentary Alice Street\, dire cted by Spencer Wilkinson\, which narrates how a neighborhood mural on 14t h and Alice Street catalyzed a multiracial coalition to rally in protectio n of cultural arts and livability in Oakland.  \n\n\n\nGroups featured in the film from the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts will open and c lose the program\, including a drum offering by Bantaba Drum Call to call in ancestors and a performance by Dimensions Dance Theater to root in Blac k joy and resistance—hearkening back to Howard’s many years spent honi ng her dance skills with Oakland dance legend Ruth Beckford before immersi ng in the visual arts. Hosted by Oakland Chinatown organizer Lailan Sandra Huen\, this day will delve into the intimate layers of anti-displacement work ranging from ensuring cultural continuance to sustaining the places t hat house personal\, collective\, and ancestral memory. Please join us to experience and reflect on the power of multicultural community engagement.    \n\n\n\nLanguage access: The film will screen in English with Chinese subtitles.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGENERAL TICKETs\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETs\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis Spotlight Sundays is a part of our exhibition programmin g for Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory\, on view through October 18\, 202 6. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of Cali fornia (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, wel coming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive d evices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first co me\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodat ions\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBios\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n About Bantaba Drum Call\n \n Bantaba Drum Call harnesses the healing power of drums and c ommunity. Led by master drummer and culture keeper Baba Mosheh Milon\, Sr. \, Bantaba offers year-round community workshops that explore mindfulness\ , movement\, and various drum and percussion styles. With a name drawn fro m the Mandingo term describing a “community circle and gathering place f or important events\,” Bantaba roots its practice in therapeutic and cul tural enrichment.   \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \ n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n About Dimensi ons Dance Theater\n \n Founded in Oakland in 197 2\, Dimensions Dance Theater (DDT) creates\, performs\, heals\, and teache s dance reflecting the lives and historical experiences of African America ns and people throughout the African Diaspora. Under co-founder and Artist ic Director Deborah Vaughan\, DDT is one of the oldest contemporary dance companies in the US\, widely recognized for its repertoire of traditional African\, jazz\, and modern dance idioms and its Rites of Passage program for youth. \nBased at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts in downt own Oakland\, DDT is a leading member of the Malonga Arts Collective and p resents an annual home season in October. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n About Spencer Wilkinson\n \n Spencer Wilk inson is an award-winning documentary filmmaker\, educator\, impact produc er\, and founder of Endangered Ideas\, an Oakland-based production company . His documentaries explore culture\, identity\, and social change\, paire d with community impact campaigns that inspire civic engagement. Before fi lmmaking\, he spent a decade working with systems-impacted youth. His film s include Alice Street\, ONE VOICE: The Story of the Oakland Interfaith Go spel Choir\, Oakland Boogaloo (co-produced with KQED and recipient of a Re gional Emmy Award)\, AscenDance\, and Solomon Hill. His work has screened internationally\, aired on PBS\, and reached thousands through educational and community partnerships. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n About Lailan Sandra Huen\n \n Lailan Sandra Huen is a 5th-generation Oaklander whose family sought refuge in Oakland Chinatown a fter the 1906 earthquake. She was part of the Oakland Chinatown Coalition\ , having led campaigns to secure Community Benefits Agreements in new deve lopments and working for equitable development.  She authored the “Our Neighborhoods” report for the National Coalition for Asian Pacific Ameri can Community Development\, which documents best practices to protect our cultural districts. Lailan is a doctoral student in East-West Psychology a t the California Institute of Integral Studies with a focus in belonging a nd racial healing. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T004852Z LOCATION:James Moore Theater\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 9460 7\, United States URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-alice-street-screening-wi th-malonga-arts-dance-and-drums/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=oakland-ca X-SOURCE-NAME:Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) X-SOURCE-URL:https://museumca.org/friday-nights-omca END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR