Around Town
Arts & Entertainment
Art + Soul returns to Oakland for its 20th year this Saturday
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The festival covers five blocks in downtown Oakland and is free this year.Bay Area
The politics of public swimming at the College of Marin
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A nonprofit swim club for children raises equity questions about how swim time is allocated among community groups.Bay Area
Children’s day camps: Attend at your own risk
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California day camps require no background checks, CPR training, child/adult ratios, or required reporting of injury and death.Arts & Entertainment
Bay Area Juneteenth events to celebrate Black culture and history
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Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were notified of their freedom.Arts & Entertainment
Can arts education help kids heal from the trauma of the pandemic?
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The arts can be a safe haven for California schoolchildren to face big emotions and to channel fears and frustrations into acts of creativity, experts say.Around Town
Farewell to ‘one in a zillion’ cat that adopted Beach Elementary as his own
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Sparkles, a gregarious orange tabby, was around 11 years old when he died Saturday.Around Town
Girl Scouts create art from trash
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'One person's trash is a scout's treasure;' and other insights into littering behaviors observed at PMS.Bay Area
Science for all ages at open-air exhibit this weekend
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A program of interactive and entertaining science activities is on offer at the Lawrence Hall of Science.Around Town
