Dumpling Making
Preserved
Learn to make your own Chinese-style dumpling wrappers from scratch along with tasty fillings and various dumpling folding styles.
College Avenue happenings
College Avenue Events
College Avenue is the main commercial corridor through Rockridge. This page gathers upcoming events from College Avenue businesses, venues, restaurants, and neighborhood sources.
Upcoming events
College Avenue Events
A local guide to upcoming Rockridge listings from public programs, neighborhood venues, and nearby Oakland sources.
Dumpling Making
Preserved
Learn to make your own Chinese-style dumpling wrappers from scratch along with tasty fillings and various dumpling folding styles.
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Mindset Workshop: Living With Brain Injury
Rockridge Branch
This 6-week series is designed for adults navigating life after a brain injury (TBI orABI), concussion, post-concussion syndrome—and caregivers, too.
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
Preserved
Learn every step of the chocolate making process, from growing, fermenting and roasting cacao to grinding, tempering and tasting!
Urban Rollers Oakland Wednesday Roll-Out
Rockridge BART Parking Lot
🗓EVERY WEDNESDAY
Sourdough Bread Making
Preserved
Learn the magic (and the maintenance!) of heirloom sourdough starters alongside an introductory lesson in the art of sourdough bread baking.
Mahjong Night at United Dumplings Rockridge
United Dumplings Rockridge
United Dumplings Rockridge hosts weekly Mahjong on College Avenue, with friendly tables, experienced teachers, dumplings, drinks, and a casual community atmosphere.
Maker Spotlight: Japanese Pantry
Preserved
Join us for an evening with Richard Keating, a Product Ambassador for the SF-based import company, The Japanese Pantry. We will taste and learn about barrel-aged soy sauces, sake-fermented vinegars, and hand-roasted sesame seeds and oil.
Family Storytime
Rockridge Branch
Family Story Time at Rockridge Branch Library, every Thursday at 10:30am
Kimchi Making
Preserved
Join us for a hands-on kimchi making workshop featuring a vegan version of traditional Napa cabbage kimchi — the heart of Korean fermentation!
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Hemming & Mending Clothes By Hand
Rockridge Branch
Back by popular demand!
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Chess Club for Kids, Tweens, & Teens
Rockridge Branch
Chess Players!
Urban Rollers Oakland Wednesday Roll-Out
Rockridge BART Parking Lot
🗓EVERY WEDNESDAY
NCPC Meeting
Rockridge Library
Join the bi-monthly meeting of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council in the Rockridge Library conference room. There will be brief presentations by the Community Resource Officers, and discussion of local crime and safety issues. See the NCPC website for det
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Ask Your Area Home Experts
Rockridge Branch
Ask Your Area Home ExpertsGet answers, tips, and connections from a Senior Loan Advisor and a Realtor, both Rockridge locals. Once a month, they will be ready to help community members with questions about home ownership,…
Food & Culture Swap
Preserved
Join Preserved for a community event bringing together passionate home cooks, canners, fermentistas and gardeners to trade their homemade and homegrown edible goods while meeting other food preservation enthusiasts!
Fermented Pickling
Preserved
Join us in making your own nutrient-dense, probiotic sauerkraut and brined pickle! Learn the fundamentals of lacto-fermentation and experiment with seasonal produce to achieve unique flavor combinations.
Japanese Pickles
Preserved
Explore traditional Japanese pickling methods utilizing miso, soy sauce, vinegar, and lacto-fermention.
Meet the Author: Nancy Kurshan - Levitating the Pentagon and Other Uplifting Stories
Rockridge Branch
Activist Nancy Kurshan will discuss her new book, Levitating the Pentagon and Other Uplifting Stories. In Levitating the Pentagon and Other Uplifting Stories, longtime activist Nancy Kurshan offers a vivid, woman’s-eye view of…
Wild Fermented Beverages
Preserved
Learn how to harness the transformative power of wild microbes to make tart, effervescent, and potentially boozy beverages including tepache, ginger bug and wild yeast sodas.
Community Demo: Tomato Canning
Preserved
Join Elizabeth Vecchiarelli, owner and founder of Preserved, for a demo on how to can whole, crushed and “sauced” summer tomatoes! We’ll discuss the best tomato varieties to preserve and our favorite ways to prep the tomatoes. Then we’ll demonstrate how to can them safely in a wa
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California Writers Club
Rockridge Branch
We are open to writers in every genre and at every level of experience, from novice to published. Our mission is to educate writers of all abilities in the craft and business of writing. Our purpose is to promote fellowship and to…
DIY Knife Sharpening
Preserved
This is a hands-on workshop for anyone interested in learning how to sharpen their own knives. Are you overwhelmed by the amount of equipment and methods out there? We will get hands on and simplify the fundamentals that will allow you to practice putting an edge on anything.
Graphic Novel Group
Rockridge Branch
Do you love visual media? Would you like a place to share and learn more about graphic novels and the library's extensive collection? Are you an artist looking for a writer, or a writer looking for an artist?
Modern Miso Making
Preserved
Together we'll learn about koji - the fungi responsible for miso, shoyu, sake and more! Then we'll make a batch of "modern" miso using koji rice, Rancho Gordo beans and a seasonal vegetable.
Mozzarella Making
Preserved
Join us as we explore the magic of cheesemaking and make a batch of mozzarella from scratch together! From milk to curd all the way to stretching into bite-size ciliegine balls! When you make mozzarella with us, you really get to play with your food!
Local context
Things to do in Rockridge and North Oakland
Rockridge events may include library programs, merchant events, food pop-ups, family activities, music, neighborhood meetings, and nearby Oakland events.
The main Rockridge events page keeps the broad local index together, while focused pages collect weekend plans, free programs, family activities, College Avenue happenings, and library events.