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9th Street Film Festival & Dinner
Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas, Culinary & Wine, Film, Social Events Fri., May 24, 5:30-10 p.m.Larkspur Flower and Food Festival
Culinary & Wine Sun., May 26, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.Chocolate and Chalk Art Festival
Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas, Culinary & Wine, Kids Sat., June 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.510-548-5335
Nowhere do chocolate and chalk pair so well than at the annual Chocolate and Chalk Art Festival at Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto (Shattuck Avenue, between Rose and Delaware streets), where artists transform the city's sidewalks into a veritable chalk canvas under the gaze of chocolate-chomping revelers. In addition to live music, kids activities, and vendors, this year's festival on Saturday, June 2, features unusual chocolate offerings including chocolate goat-cheese truffles, Caribbean chocolate soup, and chocolate ricotta pizza. Artists of all abilities can sign up for the chalk-art contest the day of the event and win up to $250 in cash prizes. Rain postpones to June 9. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free. 510-548-5335 or AnotherBullwinkelShow.com
freeWar Gastronomy: Recipes of Relocation
Culinary & Wine, Attractions, Lectures Sat., June 1, 1-3 p.m.510-464-7133
Oakland Community Produce Stand
Farmers' Markets, Culinary & Wine Wednesdays, 2-5:30 p.m. Continues through June 26510-652-2220
San Rafael Food and Wine Festival
Culinary & Wine, Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas Sat., Aug. 10, 1-5 p.m.Bites Off Broadway
Culinary & Wine Fridays. Continues through Oct. 11510-597-5027
Richmond Main Street Farmers' Market
Farmers' Markets Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Continues through Oct. 30510-236-4050
Phat Beets Crop Swap
Culinary & Wine First Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.510-689-3068
Lorin Station Crop Swap
Culinary & Wine, Farmers' Markets Sundays, 1-2 p.m.Get super-seasonal and hyper-local: Bring your own homegrown garden produce to the Lorin Station Weekly Crop Swap (northeast corner of Alcatraz Avenue and Adeline Street, Berkeley) every Sunday, and trade it for backyard produce grown by others. Transition Berkeley and the Victory Garden Foundation organize these free hour-long weekly crop swaps throughout the late spring and summer; right now it's lemon, lettuce, kale, and beet season. 1 p.m., free. TransitionBerkeley.com
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Farmers' Markets Mondays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Alameda Farmers' Market
Farmers' Markets Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.North Oakland Children's Hospital Farmers' Market
Farmers' Markets Tuesdays, 2-7 p.m.510-250-7957
South Berkeley Farmers' Market
Farmers' Markets Tuesdays, 2-6:30 p.m.510-548-3333
Tuesday Berkeley Farmers' Market
Farmers' Markets Tuesdays, 2-7 p.m.510-548-3333
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A People-Focused Solution
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
