Fun With Kids in the Oakland and Berkeley
Thanks to BandWorks for being a sponsor of 510Families.com this year. BandWorks School of Rock is a year-round program that offers group music classes to grade school aged kids in a handful of Bay Area locations, including Jack London Square. During the summer, half-day camps extend the program, allowing kids to really jam, freed from [...]
Since launching this site, I have had the great pleasure of becoming connected to other hyperlocal bloggers who have started similar sites in their own cities. From Atlanta to Grand Rapids, MI to Westchester County, NY, my peers have put together online resources to serve their communities, and perhaps, with summer travel on the horizon, [...]
Designed to expose folks both to comic books as an art and entertainment form and also to their local independent comic book shops, Free Comic Book Day is being observed on May 4th by a handful of East Bay locations. The free books, designed especially for this promotion, will satisfy a variety of ages and [...]
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12, and we thought we’d give you enough notice to make some plans. In other words, don’t panic: it’s not this weekend. (Unless you are reading this after May 6…) Last year for Mother’s Day, I indulged myself with a workshop at Teahouse Studio in Berkeley. If you’re envious of [...]
The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage is a collection of essays about eating and how we learn to do it, with and from our families. Several of the contributors are East Bay writers, including Berkeley native Phyllis Grant who has been featured here before. Mrs. Dalloway’s on College Avenue will host a free reading from the [...]
I was told that Rachel is one of those people who knows all the best spots for family fun. She’s putting her passion to use with the creation of a website called OOGIAH, where Jewish families can find Jewish activities and family resources, whether they’re on vacation, moving, or just in need of a fresh [...]
Bites Off Broadway — a rotation of 15 food trucks in Oakland — will again bring the vibe of a neighborhood block party and picnic to the front of Studio One, at 465 45th St. between Lawton and Broadway on Friday nights, beginning May 10. Trucks will include Tina Tamale, Doc’s of the Bay, Fist [...]
In Downtown Berkeley, located near Habitot, the YMCA, and the Central Library, is a new noodle bar that made even my picky eater happy. The menu allows customers to create their own dish, choosing from noodle types, sauce, and protein. Each meal is easily two servings, so kids can split an order, or leftover strategies [...]
Happy Birthday to you, Habitot! Since opening 15 years ago in 1998, Habitot children’s museum in downtown Berkeley has welcomed almost 1,000,000 visitors. On Saturday, they invite the public to a 15th anniversary celebration in the form of a Quinceañera-themed day. Local children’s songleader Mariela Herrera will perform in Spanish and English at 10:30 am, [...]
Imagine a venue where baby gear, experts, and vendors have been brought together in order to greet pregnant Bay Area Moms and feed them cupcakes. This is the Biggest Baby Shower, hosted by Big City Moms and it will take place on April 25th at Patron’s Hall- 1111 Gough Street in San Francisco. I attended [...]
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang will take the stage in an all-new family musical, SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES, presented by Warner Bros. Featuring characters that kids of the 70s might be more excited about than their children, SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES is set to entertain Bay Area audiences at Oakland’s Paramount Theatre on Sunday, [...]
This post is part of a series sponsored by UrbanSitter. When I wrote on our other blog, RookieMoms.com, that I have high expectations of a babysitter, it was met with mixed reactions. I shared that my (adult) babysitter bathes my kids, and some readers felt that was above and beyond the call of duty. I’d [...]
The Children’s Creativity Museum, located next to Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco is hosting Creativity Day on Saturday, April 13, 2013. This event is free to the public. Visitors of all ages are invited to meet featured innovators and enjoy a variety of activities and programs such as: Facilitated workshops designed to build creative confidence in youth [...]
My son and I had so much fun doing a little claymation project at the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco (included with admission) a couple years ago, that I’ve been hoping to have a chance to take it a little further now that he’s older. The after-school class at Sticky Art Lab in Berkeley [...]
Fans of the Mo Willems book Knuffle Bunny will be excited to learn that the Bay Area Children’s Theatre production of Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, opening Saturday, April 13, at 2 p.m. at the Freight & Salvage venue in Berkeley. This stage adaptation of the popular book was written by Mo Willems himself, with [...]
As 510Families.com has grown in reach — becoming a favorite of East Bay parents seeking ways to spend quality time with their kids — the opportunity to better serve local businesses has grown, too. We are looking for an online advertising salesperson to join our team on a part-time basis. The ideal candidate lives in [...]
The Kids Bowl Free program is nationwide, and our local independent bowling alley in Albany participates. Simply go to the website KidsBowlFree.com/albany to register your child. Every week, free bowling passes will arrive in email. Beginning April 15, your child can bowl twice per day, every day, all summer as long as he or she [...]
