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.

Rhythmix Cultural Works (RCW) is presenting the Essence exhibit in its K Gallery studio on the next two Saturdays this month.

The deadline to apply for the Alameda County Arts Commission’s 2022 ARTSFUND Grant Program is next week. Applicants must apply online by Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 5 p.m.

Frank Bette Center for the Arts is presenting a Pop-Up Art show throughout the month of February.

All the art projects were helmed by Alameda women artists. The show is in the Signature Gallery at Frank Bette’s Center for the Arts at 1601 Paru Ave.

The Food Bank Players will be holding auditions for their production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing!