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Oakland Museum of California plans grand reopening May 1

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Published April 25, 2010 at 1:35 p.m.
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The mixed-media sculpture "Chinese Tower" by Lois Anderson stands out in the Gallery of California Art at the Oakland Museum of California ... OAKLAND – Picture the late 1960s. In nearby Berkeley, anti-war protesters raged against the establishment. Across the bay in San Francisco, hippies frolicked in Golden Gate Park. And just across the street at the Alameda County Courthouse, Black Panther Party member Huey Newton stood trial for murder ... The Oakland Museum of California debuted in an

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How Museum Day became one man's life-altering event

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Published Jan. 31, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.
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Brian Keith South sits in a room at the Stanford Mansion that once housed orphans. Growing up as a foster child, South found an unexpectedly strong connection to the mansion's years as an orphanage when he visited it last year on Museum Day ... The long wait had Brian Keith South feeling fidgety and restless. Clearly, he didn't want to be there ... It was about this time last year that his girlfriend dragged him out of the house for Museum Day (which returns Saturday with free admission to 26

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Carmichael arts center renews its lease and finds a partner

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Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 12:14 p.m.
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Gail Raglan of Roseville helps set up an arts display for daughter Dawn Conyers of Carmichael at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center ... Just in time for the start of their holiday craft fair this week, the folks at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center in Carmichael have some news they say is worth celebrating ... The center, which was threatened with expulsion earlier this year from its longtime home at the La Sierra Community Center, will be renewing its lease at favorable terms for the next three

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Bumper harvest of art shows

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Published Sept. 6, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Fred Martin's "My Place" is included in a retrospective of his work at the Art Foundry Gallery ... Never have I had such a hard time narrowing down my choices of shows, artists and events to look forward to during the fall art season. With gallery shows by prominent local artists John Tarahteefe, Joan Moment, Peter Stegall, Mark Bowles and Brian Tripp, the season will have a glorious beginning. And the pace holds up through the end of the year with tempting offerings here and in the Bay Area.

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A's tee off on toothless Tigers

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Published Aug. 24, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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TONY AVELAR Associated PressJack Cust circles the bases and Detroit pitcher Rick Porcello after his three-run, third-inning homer ... OAKLAND – The Detroit Tigers have managed to hold onto first place in the American League Central Division despite winning just eight of their past 23 road games. Manager Jim Leyland is hoping his team's offense wakes up before its road woes cost them ... Jack Cust homered twice and drove in four runs, Landon Powell hit a three-run homer and the A's beat the

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Giants know pitching prospect is hard to hit, say he won't be traded

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Published July 23, 2009 at 2:42 a.m.
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Madison Bumgarner is having a super season with the Giants' Double-A affiliate in Connecticut. The team is resisting the temptation to promote the teenager too fast ... NORWICH, Conn. – As much as Giants fans are waiting for the arrival of Madison Bumgarner at AT&T Park, so is Manny Ramírez ... Ramírez, the Los Angeles Dodgers' slugging outfielder, wants another chance at the 19-year-old kid who mowed him down on three pitches in an Arizona spring training game in April ... But for now,

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Young A's pitchers have room to grow

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Published June 14, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Trevor Cahill ... SAN FRANCISCO – Dallas Braden lounged on a couch in the visitors' clubhouse hours before first pitch at AT&T Park, watching TV and skimming through a sports page, when he was summoned to the training room ... The services of the, ahem, elder statesman of the A's starting pitching rotation were needed ... "Hey, Braden," the voice bellowed. "Come get your baby off the table. Only real athletes need to be rubbed down. Besides, don't you have to be old enough to buy a drink to

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Yolo County loses best-known employee among exodus of early retirees

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Published May 19, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Yolo County Public Defender Barry Melton recalls his younger days as a band member of Country Joe and the Fish, known for its anti-war anthem "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag." Melton is taking early retirement to save other jobs ... Barry Melton knows his days as a young rock icon, when he took the stage at Woodstock with a tousle of blond curls, are long past ... When he played the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love in 2007, the sun in Golden Gate Park burned his scalp through his silver

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Live This City: Art on the move

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Published May 8, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Shaun Tapia with the group H. Letham performs outside the 20th Street Gallery during July's art walk ... Being a Sacramento enthusiast is like watching your teenage daughter prepare for her first high school dance. She's still a touch too heavy-handed with the eye shadow and a few inches shy of filling out that dress, but she's more refined than any of her facetiously busty friends, and you defy any punk who cocks his head the wrong way to disagree ... At the crux of Sacramento's long and

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Second Saturday: Cream of the crop (with map)

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Published May 8, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

= Cream of the crop ... View Second Saturday Map in a larger map ... You have the Second Saturday gallery map in hand, but how do you decide which shows to catch? We can help ... The Bee asked several local arts experts to give their picks for don't-miss shows in the recent crop of Second Saturday art openings ... 40 ACRES ART GALLERY ... WHAT: "The Best of Sac High: Student Art Exhibit 2009" ... WHEN: Reception 5-10 p.m. Saturday ... WHERE: 3428 Third Ave., Sacramento; (916) 456-5080 ...

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