Oakland First Fridays Art Night October 2, 2009

Downtown Oakland galleries, including those affiliated with the popular Art Murmur, open late for First Friday. Free motorized cable cars will loop continuously to and from clusters of art galleries and restaurants in downtown, including Old Oakland and Uptown.

This event celebrates the launch of the new four-city East Bay Culture Corridor. Recognizing that the arts are a significant, affirming and transformational force in civic life, regional economies and education, the cities of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Richmond have come together in a nationally unprecedented partnership to promote their arts in a new East Bay Culture Corridor (EBCC). The EBCC will be formally launched October 2 with public events that run through the month in celebration of the collaboration and a news conference at which the Mayors of the participating cities will inaugurate a new 510Arts.com website.

Official Website: http://www.oaklandarts.org