Soli Deo Gloria will perform with Orchestra Gloria under the baton of Allen H. Simon in a concert Sunday, May 15 at St. Joseph Basilica, located at 1109 Chestnut St.

Application Deadline: Friday, May 13, 5 p.m.

Alameda County arts and cultural nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply to the Arts Relief Grant Program.

Get ready for a sonic journey on Park Street this Friday night, May 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. featuring Zimbabwean mbira, Puerto Rican plena, Detroit blues, American Tribal Belly Dance and string students from Alameda.

The Encinal High School (EHS) Drama Club will perform Legally Blonde: the Musical on May 6, 7, 13 and 14 at the EHS gymnasium.

Alameda has a new place to purchase used books, and it’s inside the library.

The Preacher’s Daughter Café will be the location for a special fundraising art exhibit Sunday, April 24, benefitting the people of Cherkasy, Ukraine.

The Food Bank Players will premiere their upcoming show, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, later this month.

On April 9, the first phase of the terraced Alameda Point Seaplane Lagoon waterfront park officially opened with cultural performances. One of the groups christening the new three-acre park was Fog Beast, in collaboration with the Shawl Anderson Youth Ensemble.

Alameda Poet Laureate Kimi Sugioka is hosting the Chochenyo Park Poetry event Sunday, April 10 at Chochenyo Park at 2430 Encinal Ave. The free event takes place from 1 to 4 p.m.

The team at the United Afghan Association (UAA) chose to hold its Afghan refugee resource fair at the Bay Area’s newest outdoor destination, Alameda Point Waterfront Park.