Joan Boucher founded "Island Style" in March 2013 to learn how to sew and to find friends. "I had been out of town during the work week for the past 10 years. We got along great with our neighbors, but I was longing to really get to know Alameda, to find my people here," Boucher said.
Last July, the sewing group announced its new name, Upcycle Alameda, and its intention to reclaim glass, metal, wood and plastic materials as well as fabric to make upcycled creations.
Author Donna Marie Ferro spoke to visitors at C’era Una Volta about her recently published exploration of her family’s origins from Italy to Bay Farm Island: Italy, the Embracing Circle: Il Circolo. The Italian restaurant invited the author to speak last Friday as part of an ongoing effort to provide cultural experiences alongside fine wine and Italian cuisine. Her next talk is set for Sunday, Dec. 7, at 11 a.m. at High Street Station, 1303 High St.
Alameda is a charming little town. It’s the only place in California where you can live an island life, beach included, minus the island weather. Where downtown is only a short walk or bus ride away.
What gives any town its charm, though, are its inhabitants, who bring rich history and culture: the things that stay while everything else changes.
Italy, the Embracing Circle: Il Circolo, My Past, My Future, by Donna Marie Ferro, an Alameda resident, takes readers through her own journeys to Italy while helping illustrate Alameda’s historical charm.
The latest work of Alameda artist Marcy Voyevod will be at the Oakopolis gallery for the months of October and November. The gallery participates in the Art Murmur and Saturday Stroll events. Voyevod’s show will close after the last Saturday Stroll on Nov. 15. Find out more at www.oakopolis.org.
Several local community organizations have teamed up to present a free community screening of "A Place at the Table" Sunday, Oct. 12. The film discusses the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity.
"A Place at the Table" shows how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for the nation, and that it could be solved once and for all, if the American public decides — as they have in the past — that making healthy food available and affordable is in the best interest of us all.
