Day 2: 31 Hour Opening Celebration Weekend | Oakland Museum of California

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Stay up all night for free with the brand new re-imagined Oakland Museum of California which throws open its doors free to the public for 31 hours in honor of the 31st state with round-the-clock free programs and events until they close at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Sunday activities include a Yelp Elite party, midnight palm readings, 7am yoga class, a gospel choir, tons of family events, a Lake Merrit photo walk and more up until close at 6pm on Sunday

• Saturday evening and overnight activities take on a more adult flavor with dancing, live music, games, film, food vendors, a cash bar,off-beat gallery tours, and conversations on uniquely California topics. Bring your PJ’s and wake up to early morning yoga.
• Sunday is especially for families with dancing, drumming, hands-on family activities, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, and more. The new expanded OMCA Store will be open the full 31 hours so visitors can shop whenever the mood strikes.

OPENING CELEBRATION WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Saturday, May 1, 2010, 11 am through Sunday, May 2, 2010, 6 pm
Full Schedule (PDF)

Evening and Overnight Programs With a Grown-up, Social Flavor
Saturday evening events (from 6 p.m. through 6 a.m. Sunday) change over to a more adult flavor at OMCA’s all-night party (pajamas and sleepwear are encouraged). There will be DJs and live radio broadcasts; non-stop conversations about California Futures. Food and drink vendors include Chef Robert Dorsey III from OMCA’s new cafe, Blue Oak; OMCA caterer Karen Bevels; Tante’s, and more, All this and fire dancers, too!

Saturday Night, May 1
11–1 a.m. Frameline Film Screening (Tent)
11–1 a.m. California Futures: Radical Start-Ups—with: Dr. Carol Queen, Good Vibrations; Richard Lee, Oaksterdam University; Ron Turner, Last Gasp. Followed by radical fun! (Café)
12–4 a.m. Acoustic music and gallery games (Art and History Galleries)
12–1 a.m. Madam Z palm reader (Art Gallery)
12:30–2 a.m. DJ (Great Hall)
1–2 a.m. Madam Z palm reader (History Gallery)
1–2 a.m. YELP Elite party (Café)
1-4 a.m. Strolling acoustic musicians: Freddi Price, Zoli Lundy, Isabel Douglass, and more to come (Art and History Galleries)
1–2–3 a.m. Oakland Soft Rock Choir Tour of Art Gallery

Wake up with early morning yoga in the gardens and coffee. Then OMCA welcomes visitors for family events until 6 p.m.

Schedule for Sunday, May 2
5:30–7:30 Mike Miller’s Bubble Project (Oak Street Plaza)
7–8 Yoga class with Ann Dyer (Great Hall)
8:15–9:15 Chanting Class with Ann Dyer (Great Hall)
8–10:30 Oakland Firefighters’ Pancake Breakfast to benefit IAFF Local 55. (Tent)
9:30–11:30 Lake Merritt Photo Walk with Richard Blair
10–12 California Futures: Oakland and the Fight for Food Justice—panel moderated by Chef Robert Dorsey III from Blue Oak, OMCA’s new cafe, with Erick Holt-Giménez, Food First; Brahm Ahamdi, People’s Grocery; and more to come. Followed by DIY workshops! (Café)
10:30–12 Oakland School for the Arts Jazz Combo (Oak Street Plaza)
11–6 Free Bike Valet Parking by East Bay Bicycle Coalition (Oak Street)
11–5 Hands-on Family Fun: take a family photo and make a frame with Our Family Coalition; make a celebratory hat with the Museum of Children’s Art; make a spinning button toy with DEAF Media. (Great Hall & Tent)
11–5 Face Painting. Koi Pond Talks with the pond guy. Games with 4 Square of the East Bay. DJ from Movin’ 99.7 Radio. (Koi Pond area at 10th Street)
12:30 Capacitor Dance Company (Oak Street Plaza) (Repeats at 1:30, 2:30. 3:30)
12:45–1:30 DRUMMM Rhythmic Events/Community drumming (Tent)
1:55–2 Rap with A’Dunyae Lee (Great Hall)
2–2:30 Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir (Great Hall)
3:30–4 Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir (Great Hall)
4:30–5:15 Community drumming with DRUMMM Rhythmic Events (Tent)

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.