Help an Oakland school, have a martini!
By Katy Murphy
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 4:31 pm in community, finances.
The bartenders in Oakland’s Uptown like to mix really delicious, complicated and expensive cocktails, often with unusual ingredients. (The `sour’ I ordered last night at Era Art Bar involved maple syrup and egg whites.) At a back-to-school fundraiser and Uptown Block Party Aug. 28, a $20 ticket will buy you a cocktail and a donation to a local public school.
Could goodwill get any easier?
The 5 p.m. block party will be hosted by Era, Ozumo, Pican and Luka’s, which are near the intersection of Broadway and Grand Avenue. The restaurants will offer food specials, too. Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit Crocker Highlands Elementary, Westlake Middle School, Oakland Tech High School and Laney Community College.
Some more details:
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Time: 5-8pm
Cost: $20 per person, must be over 21 to participate. Tickets for the event will be available the day of the event at any of the four participating venues. To avoid lines during the event, come to Luka’s between 3 and 5 p.m. to purchase tickets.
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August 11th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
This is fabulous! However, I can’t help but question the elementary school choice. Why not select a school that has a hard time collecting donations and educates under-served students?
August 11th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
We’re certainly going to all need a drink once Ben Visnick is elected to the school board!
August 11th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
This is my kind of fundraiser: music, great food, and creative drinks.
I have copied a short exert from the press release:
Luka’s, Picán, Ozumo and Era are throwing an Uptown Block Party & Back to School Fundraiser for Oakland public
schools . A $20 donation to our schools gets partygoers a complimentary cocktail at each venue and access to all
the other specials on offer that night, including Southern barbecue at Picán, dollar oysters at Luka’s and special
guest DJ’s and dancing on every corner. All proceeds from ticket sales go to benefit Oakland public schools.
August 11th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
I’ll reserve judgment until I find out: Anyone know how the schools were chosen? I was about to send out a big mass-invite until I saw Crocker on there, having seeing CH parents suggesting they don’t know why their school is a beneficiary. Anyone know!
August 12th, 2010 at 10:54 am
These establishments are in the attendance boundaries of Westlake and Tech, but not Crocker Highlands, so Owen’s question is a good one. The elementary schools whose boundaries include this area are Lafayette and Lakeview.
August 12th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Good gracious! This is an amazing way to donate money AND try four fabulous cocktails! I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never been to any of these places even though I’ve heard great things about them.
As for the issue about why those schools were selected, this fundraiser was probably thought up by some civic minded people who wanted to give back to their neighborhood school or their children’s schools. Seems like a great idea to me and very generous of the restaurants.