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[ January 31, 2009; 6:00 pm; 6:00 pm; ]

When:
Saturday @ 6:00 pm
January 31st, 2009
Doors open at 5:45 pm.

Where:
The Grand Avenue Church
278 Grand Avenue (Near Harrison)
Oakland, CA

What:
The Mozambique Gospel Concert Top Bay Area gospel acts will be coming together to raise money for the people of Mozambique, Africa Event MC, Pastor Dexter Thomas from the Island of Trinidad. Brazilian style food and refreshments will [...]

Oakland based artist Lorraine Bonner announces that pieces from her “Perpetrator” series will be shown at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, CA.  Lorraine’s work MOVES me!  A META DEEP artist with a lot to say!

Check out her on-line gallery.
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Liz Hendrickson is a San Francisco bay area resident, grandmother, lawyer, and founding member of Women Drummers International. (All photographs (c) Francis Eatherington.)
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