The Alameda Free Library is giving Peep-le of all ages an excuse to play with their food! Beginning April 6, the Alameda Free Library will begin its Alameda Peeps Diorama contest.

The West End Arts District, Rhythmix Cultural Works and the City of Alameda will host a music and dance festival to celebrate the opening of Alameda’s newest park, Waterfront Park at 2151 Ferry Point, on Saturday, April 9.

Alameda High School (AHS) drama teacher, Zachary Morris, was searching for a play to direct when a student recommended one he wasn’t familiar with, She Kills Monsters. The play is a dramedy by Qui Nguyen that debuted in 2011.

The Alameda Recreation and Parks Department (ARPD) will hold the inaugural Storytelling & Drumming Festival Saturday, March 19 at Mastick Senior Center.

Jaying Wang Piggot, owner of Alameda Art Lab, recently held a fundraiser at her studio to raise money for Ukraine.

Soli Deo Gloria will perform with Orchestra Gloria under the baton of Allen H Simon in a concert of transcendent music ushering souls into the next world featuring the famous Requiem by Domenico Cimarosa and sacred works by Heinrich Schütz. The concert takes place Sun, Mar 6 at St.

The fourth annual Whiskey Stroll, presented by Downtown Alameda Business Association, will be held Friday, March 4, in Downtown Alameda.

More than a dozen St. Joseph Notre Dame (SJND) students submitted artwork for the school’s 11th annual art show at Blue Dot Café.

Local cinephiles should be delighted to discover a wide array of films — long, short, live action, animated, new, and old — from both newly-minted auteurs to local legends, to be screened from February 18th through the 20th at The Historic Alameda Theatre & Cineplex, 2317 Central Ave.

2nd Friday Art Talk is back as an online event. The event is scheduled for Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. The physical 2nd Friday Art Walk was stopped due to COVID-19 as it forced many locations to close or to change their business. Many locations were unable to participate in Second Friday.