College Avenue Presbyterian Church: February Events
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FEB, SUN
10:30am
Sunday Worship Gathering: In-Person and Zoom
College Avenue Presbyterian, 5951 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618, USA
2
FEB, MON
6pm
Race Matters
Zoom.
4
FEB, WED
12pm
Noon Time Zoom Call
8pm
Recovery Group in CHR
6
FEB, FRI
12pm
Noon Time Zoom Call
6pm
Friday Night Meal
5951 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618, USA
7
FEB, SAT
9:30am
Women's Group
Zoom
8
FEB, SUN
10:30am
Sunday Worship Gathering: In-Person and Zoom
College Avenue Presbyterian, 5951 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618, USA
9
FEB, MON
6pm
Race Matters
Zoom.
11
FEB, WED
12pm
Noon Time Zoom Call
8pm
Recovery Group in CHR
13
FEB, FRI
12pm
Noon Time Zoom Call
6pm
Friday Night Meal
5951 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618, USA
14
FEB, SAT
9:30am
Women's Group
Zoom
15
FEB, SUN
10:30am
Sunday Worship Gathering: In-Person and Zoom
College Avenue Presbyterian, 5951 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618, USA
16
FEB, MON
6pm
Race Matters
Zoom.
18
FEB, WED
12pm
Noon Time Zoom Call
8pm
Recovery Group in CHR
20
FEB, FRI
12pm
Noon Time Zoom Call
6pm
Friday Night Meal
5951 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618, USA
21
FEB, SAT
9:30am
Women's Group
Zoom
22
FEB, SUN
10:30am
Sunday Worship Gathering: In-Person and Zoom
College Avenue Presbyterian, 5951 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618, USA
23
FEB, MON
6pm
Race Matters
Zoom.
25
FEB, WED
12pm
Noon Time Zoom Call
8pm
Recovery Group in CHR
Local Economy: February Events
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Sunday Coffee, hosted by Jeff Wright, vol. 4
Sunday, February 1, 2026
10:30 AM 12:30 PM
Jeff Wright of Edith’s Pie has been hosting a regular event on Sunday mornings at his house for months. It’s a low-stakes morning of chatting, coffee, and snacks, and he’s bringing it to Local Economy on a Sunday morning each month.
For this edition, Hailie Hay and Christopher Sturm are spro.machine, and they will be pulling wrecking ball espresso for donations at this event.
Cost: Free for members, sliding scale $10 for the public
Vibes: Chill, chatty, cozy
Book Release: Solidarity Economics
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
6:00 PM 8:00 PM
Organizers all around the world are working to build ways of managing resources that serve human and ecological needs. But how can these projects be more than small islands of solidarity and sustainability surrounded by oceans of domination and environmental destruction?
Cynthia Kaufman, Director of the Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action at De Anza College, tackles this question in a new book.
Solidarity Economics: Building Sustainable Social Relations lays out the landscape of these projects aimed at building a better world, and explores the institutional frameworks needed for them to expand. How do we build just and sustainable societies based on relations of solidarity. Drawing on Indigenous economics and anti-capitalist theory, this book critiques the idea of an economy as something autonomous from the rest of society and helps us see practical pathways to building systems which ensure that everyone’s needs are met.
Vibes: Deep, learned
Friday, February 6, 2026
6:00 PM 8:30 PM
For our third round of the Works-in-Progress series, we’re partnering again with MIPSLIP, an ongoing gathering for sharing recent creative work. You bring a recent or unfinished creative work and come prepared to share why it is meaningful to you. All media and themes welcome.
MIPSLIP aims for greater aliveness through consistent practice, self-expression, and collective inspiration. They have some guidelines. Part of being seen in your creative process is seeing others in theirs. Please come prepared to witness others and disclose how their works impact you.
Max attendance: 15
Vibes: Participatory, open, supportive,
Cost: Free
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
6:00 PM 8:00 PM
You may have seen the excellent recent story in Coyote Media about author (and LE member) Maggie Tokuda Hall's hobby: painting pigeons. In these times, who doesn't want to paint a little pigeon with a jaunty hat on?? And even if you don't, it's nice to spend some time doing something creative with friends, rather than doomscrolling.
Though Maggie is now known as an author of celebrated books, she did go to college for studio art, so you will be in good hands.
Vibes: Pigeon'd, creative, chatty
Cost: Sliding scale, 0-$10
Zyzzyva Issue 131 Release Party
Thursday, February 12, 2026
6:30 PM 8:30 PM
Come and toast the publication of the newest issue of ZYZZYVA, the award-winning literary journal publishing since 1985. Featuring short readings by contributors Tomas Moniz, Maw Shein Win, and Suzanne Rivecca, emceed by ZYZZYVA Editor Oscar Villalon.
Tomas Moniz is a Latinx writer living in East Oakland. His first novel, Big Familia (Acre Books), was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Hemingway and the LAMBDA. His second novel, All Friends Are Necessary (Algonquin Books), won the 2024 California Golden Poppy Award. His next novel will be published by Algonquin Books in 2026. He teaches at Berkeley City College, the Antioch MFA program, and the University of San Francisco.
Maw Shein Win's latest full-length poetry collection is Percussing the Thinking Jar (Omnidawn), which was shortlisted for the 2025 Northern California Book Award in Poetry. Her previous full-length collection, Storage Unit for the Spirit House (Omnidawn), was nominated for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry, longlisted for the PEN America 2021 Open Book Award, and shortlisted for the Golden Poppy Award for Poetry. She is the inaugural poet laureate of El Cerrito, the recipient of the 2025 Berkeley Poetry Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2025 Nomadic/SF Foundation Literary Award for Non-fiction.
Suzanne Rivecca is the author of the short story collection Death is Not an Option (WW Norton), which won the Rome Prize in Literature and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway, the Story Prize, the NYPL Young Lions prize, and others. She lives in the Bay Area and works at a civil rights law firm in San Francisco.
Vibes: Literary, released
An Invitation to Talk About Death and Dying, Vol 2
Sunday, February 15, 2026
10:00 AM 11:30 AM
In this series of events, death doulas Tracy Tingle and Ka Yun Cheng invite you into a conversation about mortality.
This conversation doesn’t have to be scary or taboo or something we react to in crisis. It can be something we get inspired by and plan for.
This is not a grief session or a death cafe. It’s an invitation to gather and explore topics about aging and dying in an actionable and approachable way. We encourage you to show up and participate at your comfort level. Bring your curiosity, and a pen and paper.
The first event occurred in January, but different topics will be discussed each month. You can dip your toes into one or come to several for further exploration. The last session will be held
March 15.
Tracy Tingle is an Oakland based end of life doula whose work stems from the belief that everyone benefits from being more comfortable in talking about and planning for our inevitable end.
Ka Yun Cheng is a Sunnyvale based death doula at Leave Behind Love who strives to normalize death as a conversation topic.
If the event is sold out and you’d like to be added to a waitlist, please email Tracy at tracy.a.tingle@gmail.com
NCPC Meeting
Join the bi-monthly meeting of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council.
Pancake Breakfast
The hearty menu will include a full breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, fruit, coffee, and tea.
Peralta Elementary School Auction
Join us for an amazing evening to support Peralta Elementary School with drinks, dinner, and auction fun!
The College Preparatory School’s Annual Used Book Sale
The College Preparatory School’s Annual Used Book Sale
Celebrate over 30 years of used books at The College Preparatory School’s renowned annual sale!
Shop from thousands of gently used books for adults, teens, and children, including many recent and popular titles in excellent condition. With additional media, vinyl, puzzles, and a selection of vintage/antique books, there’s something for every age and interest.
Most books are $1–3 (special books are slightly higher). On Sunday, there will be a bag sale, $8/bag all day. Shop Saturday, February 28 from 10 am–4 pm and Sunday, March 1, 10 am–2 pm.
This sale is located on campus in Buttner Auditorium. There is ample free parking.
The College Preparatory School - Buttner Auditorium
6100 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618 • 510-652-0111
The College Preparatory School’s Annual Used Book Sale
The College Preparatory School’s Annual Used Book Sale
Celebrate over 30 years of used books at The College Preparatory School’s renowned annual sale!
Shop from thousands of gently used books for adults, teens, and children, including many recent and popular titles in excellent condition. With additional media, vinyl, puzzles, and a selection of vintage/antique books, there’s something for every age and interest.
Most books are $1–3 (special books are slightly higher). On Sunday, there will be a bag sale, $8/bag all day. Shop Saturday, February 28 from 10 am–4 pm and Sunday, March 1, 10 am–2 pm.
This sale is located on campus in Buttner Auditorium. There is ample free parking.
The College Preparatory School - Buttner Auditorium
6100 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618 • 510-652-0111
Ride for a Reason
Funds support library books, sports and science equipment, after-school programs, and critical staff such as counselors, librarians, and reading specialists.
Volunteer to Deliver The Rockridge News
RCPC Website: Rockridge News Volunteers
College Avenue is Calling You!
College Avenue is beckoning a Rockridgian to distribute The Rockridge News to businesses and residences along the commercial thoroughfare while enjoying window shopping and chatting with business owners along the way (not required of course). Once a month a bundle of papers will be delivered to your doorstep and they are yours to pass out on one segment of College Avenue (see below) as soon as possible.
Route CAv1: Businesses and apartments along College Avenue from Claremont Ave to BART. Stack at Zachary’s (50 papers).
To volunteer, call or email Susan at 510-547-3855 or smontauk@gmail.com Let us know if you are interested and/or, perhaps, might need more information.
Local Economy: January Events
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
4:00 PM 6:00 PM
Gather up your pile of holey sweaters, shirts with unraveling hems, and tin of stray buttons, and haul them to Local Economy to make the old new again, by hand. MaryAnn will be offering guidance on darning knits, and you can put into practice all the skills you picked up from Carrie last fall. Please bring your own sewing supplies, and we'll all sit and fix together.
Hosted by LE members Marthine Satris, Carrie Sloane, and MaryAnn Placzek Scheuer, and open to all.
Vibes: Healing, practical, skill share
Storytime for Caregivers with Nina Renata Aron
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
10:00 AM 11:00 AM
Story time is great, no matter how it works. BUT, Patricia Zaballos brings you a literary series that’s for the caregivers, not the cared for. Each month a writer with a caregiving theme shares their work, chats about their reading, and ends with a book for the baby/toddler crowd. This month we’ll be joined by Nina Renata Aron, the author of Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls, a memoir and cultural history of codependency. She's also the author of the newsletter, Dollface.
Babies & toddlers welcome, but not required.
One-hour event; stay after for IRL connection!
Vibes: Warm, relaxing, communal
Empty Set Magazine Discussion Group
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
6:00 PM 7:30 PM
Empty Set is a new magazine founded on the idea that technology writing is at an impasse. They say: “Empty Set is dedicated to finding the concepts and thoughts that we’ll need into order to tell a new story about our technologized lives.”
The session will be led by Zoelle Egner, who may or may not be in the technology industry.
Just a note: We're not affiliated with Empty Set, but we just think they are interesting.
Vibes: Exploratory, reflective
Sunday, January 25, 2026
10:00 AM 12:00 PM
We can all read a parenting book, but what does it mean to really
think about what kind of caregiving works for you, and why and how you can live it? Come learn, reflect, and set intentions around your caregiving for the year -- what you want more of, what you want less of, and what you can let go of altogether. For caregivers of all types and all ages of dependents.
The session will be led by Sarah Wheeler, Educational Psychologist and imperfect caregiver.
Vibes: Real, reflective
Sunday, January 25, 2026
1:00 PM 3:00 PM
After a wonderful first session in which more than 30 zines got made, artist Rena Tom returns to Local Economy for another zinemaking workshop.
On the one hand, a zine is just a tiny magazine, cheaply produced, often handmade. On the other hand, THE ZINE is a way of life, an approach to the world of letters. Visit any zine fest and you can see that making zines isn't just about copying and pasting. People are drawn to the ideas inside these tiny publications and to the collaborative, DIY philosophy that leads people to make them.
We'll have some things, but bring materials and ideas!
Cost: Free for members, sliding scale $10 for the public
Vibes: Hands-on, DIY, skillsharey
Demo Nights: Robin Sloan's Notebook
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
6:00 PM 8:00 PM
We kick off a new format at Local Economy, the Demo Night, in which members of the extended community present new projects, give people a sneak preview, & gather rich real-world feedback. (The "demo" context is associated with tech but of course this wouldn't have to be tech.)
For months now, author (and olive oil magnate) Robin Sloan has been working up a new project centered on ... the notebook. Yes, the humble notebook. It has both analog and digital parts.
Demo Night would begin with a little talk laying our Sloan's thinking, and then you'd get to see and try out this new notebook right on the spot.
Oakland Garden Club: The Botany of Houseplants
Thursday, January 29, 2026
6:30 PM 8:30 PM
As we wait for the longer days to return, Allyson Greenlon delivers us an rich presentation on the botany of your houseplants.
Greenlon runs the UC master gardener program around here. She has an intersectional background in plant biology, botany, and horticulture from UC Davis, and field experience ranging from wildlands, museum archives, botanic gardens, home garden design, and now working with volunteer groups to extend the reach of her work.
Read to a Dog
Each person will have a turn reading aloud to two dogs ready to help you practice reading.
Book Club
Join the Rockridge Book Club for a lively discussion about our current book selection, Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.
East Bay Jewish Writing Circle
Write in community: intentionally, generatively, and Jewishly.
