Points of Interest
A large Sears department store is located in the center of the Uptown district, between Telegraph Avenue, 20th Street, and Broadway.
What is commonly called "First Friday" or "Art Murmur" has given way to a vibrant art scene in Oakland which mainly centers around the Uptown District. Some of the first galleries to open in this area included 21 Grand, the defunct Mama Buzz Cafe (now the Telegraph Beer Garden), and Rock Paper Scissors (art collective and store.) More recent notable galleries include Krowswork, Mercury 20 Gallery, Johansson Projects and Creative Growth. In September 2011 Project Bandaloop performed the premier of an aerial dance piece called Bound(less) on The Great Wall of Oakland, and in May 2013 the first annual Oakland Internet Cat Video Festival took place on the Great Wall.
Oakland's Pan Theater offers improv theater shows at 2135 Broadway on Saturday nights right in the heart of the Uptown district. Shows are at 8pm and 9:10pm featuring improvised theater with Pan Theater performers. Pan Theater is a community improv theater.
Uptown is in the so-called Oaksterdam district of medical marijuana clubs which have contributed to a resurgence in retail and pedestrian activity in the area.
Uptown is also the home to the Oakland Ice Center, which houses youth and adult amateur hockey leagues, figure skating lessons, and public skating sessions.
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