Mark Your Calendar: Oakland Art & Soul

If you live in the Bay Area and are around over the coming Labor Day Weekend, be sure to stop by the Oakland Art & Soul Festival, which runs Saturday through Monday, September 1-3.

In addition to music (60 bands playing on six stages; we're planning to check out the Live 105 Stage on Saturday and are especially excited to see Lucinda Williams headline on Sunday) and food (dozens of booths operated by local restaurants and free tastings from area food and wine producers), there will be lots of art:

Art offerings will include local artisans selling their wares; participatory art in the form of community mural painting, a sculpture installation, and a progressive table sketching project; exhibitions and demonstrations by local artists Tim Armstrong, Jessica Cadkin, and Chelsea Pegram; and kids' arts and crafts organized by the Museum of Children's Art and the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse.

See you there!