Bites Off Broadway, Rockridge Out & About, OMCA Day of the Dead Community Celebration

 Bites Off Broadway 

Find the Tina Tamale Pop-Up Stand serving up tamales, tacos, posole & Mexican hot chocolate during the following dates: October 7, 14 & 21 from 5:30-8:30pm

NEW Pre-order tamales packed To Go with pick-up at BoB! 

 Click here to order in advance: http://j.mp/BoBTinaTamale Let Tina know before noon Fridays!

What is Bites Off Broadway? A mobile food pod every Friday thru Oct 21, 2011 in front of Studio One - 365 45th Street Produced by Karen Hester (Hesternet Productions) as a way to highlight Oakland's burgeoning mobile food vending scene and revitalize and activate Broadway as a major Oakland boulevard.

Follow Bites Off Broadway online:

Facebook

Twitter

Rockridge Out and About
Sunday, October 9, 2011, 12-6pm
College Avenue between Alcatraz and Manila Avenue 

The Tina Tamale Pop-Up Stand will be dishing out tamales, street tacos & aguas frescas! College Avenue will transform into a street festival focusing on the retail merchants, businesses and services located on  College Avenue. Live Music, Chef Stage, Market Hall's Picnic in the Street, Wellness Tent, Kid's Area, Rockridge Merchant/Artisan Marketplace, Gourmet Food & Beverage Booths, Street Entertainment

Find Tina Tamale at the Lawton & College Ave Food Court across from the Oaklandish Harvest Hoedown

Love & Loss: Días de los Muertos 2011

17th Annual Days of the Dead exhibit explores the stories behind home altars

October 12, 2011 - December 11, 2011    

COMMUNITY DAY CELEBRATION

Sunday, October 23 from 12-4:30 pm

Oakland Museum of California

Days of the Dead Community Celebration

featuring ofrendas, music, and dance performances, arts and crafts demonstrations, activities for children, and a variety of food and arts and crafts vendors. Included with Museum admission. Tina Tamale along with Blue Oak Cafe & Flacos are the food vendors.

¡VIVA Mexico! ¡VIVA Carnitas!, Bites Off Broadway (including pre-ordering) plus Rockrige Out & About

"El Grito" Mexican Independence Weekend Celebration! 

We'll be serving 
Tina Tamale's Carnitas Street Tacos ($2) 

Friday (9a-3:30p) & Saturday (9a-5p) at La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen (582-7th Street)

The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores") also known as El Grito de la Independencia ("Cry of Independence"), uttered from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato on September 16, 1810 is the event that marks the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence and is the most important national holiday observed in Mexico. Read more: http://j.mp/r2TiOC

 Bites Off Broadway 

Find the Tina Tamale Pop-Up Stand serving up tamales & tacos during the following dates: September 16 & 23 October 7, 14 & 21 from 5:30-8:30pm

NEW Pre-order tamales packed To Go with pick-up at BoB! 

 Click here to order in advance: http://j.mp/BoBTinaTamale Let Tina know before noon Fridays!

What is Bites Off Broadway? A mobile food pod every Friday thru Oct 21, 2011 in front of Studio One - 365 45th Street Produced by Karen Hester (Hesternet Productions) as a way to highlight Oakland's burgeoning mobile food vending scene and revitalize and activate Broadway as a major Oakland boulevard.

Follow Bites Off Broadway online:

Facebook

Twitter

Rockridge Out and About
Sunday, October 9, 2011, 12-6pm
College Avenue between Alcatraz and Manila Avenue

The Tina Tamale Pop-Up Stand will be dishing out tamales, street tacos & aguas frescas! College Avenue will transform into a street festival focusing on the retail merchants, businesses and services located on College Avenue. Live Music, Chef Stage, Market Hall's Picnic in the Street, Wellness Tent, Kid's Area, Rockridge Merchant/Artisan Marketplace, Gourmet Food & Beverage Booths, Street Entertainment

Fall Festivals produced by Oakland Events

Things have been busy in Tamale World, lots to do so little time. I almost wish for a longer day, maybe 34 hours instead of 24 hours to get it all done.

Many of you already know that I am very community and small business minded and I LOVE doing events that allow for my different passions to overlap. Oakland Events is a new event production company founded by Helen Wyman. She has years of experience working in some of Oakland shopping districts helping merchants. She started her full scale event production company to take outdoor festivals and special events to a new level. Helen's goal is to produce local, sustainable events to highlight all facets of Oakland commerce but especially the small independent business and artist.

Why do I know so much about this company? Helen and I are both members of the marketing committee for the Oakland Merchants' Leadership Forum (OMLF). I also created my restaurant's food booth, Tamale Girl, to primarily participate in Oakland Events' productions. The full disclaimer, my Partner in Crime and Volunteering, Consuelo Jacobs, is the Director of Operations and Exhibitor Coordinator for this company as well as a member of the OMLF marketing committee too.

There are still a couple of outdoor events produced by OE in the weeks ahead. Instead of selling food, I'm going to be coordinating a voter registration booth since the deadline for California is October 20, 2008 for the Presidential election. Want to volunteer to staff at my booth? Drop me line at tamaleworld@gmail.com.

Here's some cut n' pastes for the Oakland Events website for more info!



Out & About in Rockridge Street Festival
Sunday, September 28th 11am to 6pm
College Avenue, between Claremont & Manilla

The annual Rockridge Out & About festival, held on College Avenue, highlights local businesses as well as live music and dance, alternative health exhibitors, artisan and community booths, cooking demonstrations and food booths presented by Rockridge restaurants.

Five stages will feature well-known Bay Area musicians and performers including a DJ / Dance Stage and Rockridge Runway Fashion with attire selected by local boutiques, plus a Chef Stage featuring the district’s top chefs, art installations and Tots’ Town with rides, games, prizes and more will make this a great family day.

Take BART to Rockridge! The station is only steps from the festival -
Sunday, Sept. 28 11 a.m. – 6 pm.


Oakland’s first annual Oktoberfest in Dimond
Saturday October 4th from 11-6pm
Fruitvale Avenue and Macarthur Boulevard

Although Oakland’s Dimond District is a diverse and progressive neighborhood, it is steeped in German history. Around 1900, the area was largely a German community where social and community life centered on the beer gardens in the area. Though the beer gardens are gone, the community spirit they fostered still remains.

Oktoberfest will feature traditional German beer gardens, German food and dance, gourmet food booths, historical tours, performances by local artists on two stages, artisans, a kids’ carnival area, a green living and wellness expo, and much more. Attendees will quaff, sip, drink, tipple, imbibe, dance, sing, and eat, as well as learn about the historical connection between Oakland and its earlier German residents.
Click Here to visit event website (www.oaklandoktoberfest.com)