Join us in the outdoor gym area for PUPPY YOGA with instructor Kaitlan featuring many adoptable puppies from LA-based rescue, Pups Without Borders! Stretching alongside puppies in Christmas sweaters? Sign me up...

Please note this is a donation-based class (suggested $15 minimum). No need to pay upfront to register, but we will be collecting donations via Venmo or cash on site. All donations will go directly to the rescue.

Capacity is limited, so reserve your (& any guests) spots ASAP.

BYOM - Bring Your Own Mat!

Join us for a night of trivia that requires no prior knowledge of anything — you’ll be guessing what happens next in a series of unhinged low-budget holiday movies that never made it to the big screen. Are those characters dating or siblings? Where the hell is this plot going? Who is that old man with a twinkle in his eye? 

There’s no way of knowing. Let the clips roll and try your best.

Desserts and drinks welcome but we'll have some food for y'all!

Bookworms! Discuss your favorite books, authors, genres, and literary events. We usually meet on the first Monday of the month for a book chat. [note if this month is different] 

This month we'll be meeting to discuss our Book Club pick, [title] by [author].

There will be yummy snacks, beverages, and juicy conversation about a book that is sure to spark some thoughts.

Book Club is welcoming new members and we’d love to see you there.

Join us for an evening of music and movement! We’ll start with an intimate listening party to dive into Polartropica’s latest tunes, followed by a beginner-friendly line dancing session brought to you by Polartropica and your very own Cass. We’ll be clearing out the lounge to make room for dancing, laughter, and plenty of good energy - boots encouraged, sparkle optional. Yeehaw!

Fresh Sounds presents Alfred Banks from NOLA! Come listen to his music and enjoy a fresh JuneShine!

CreativeMornings is a free monthly breakfast lecture series. We offer free coffee, breakfast, and an inspiring talk highlighting an artist, maker, entrepreneur or creative individual in our community! We’re part of a global network found in over 240 cities worldwide, and are entirely volunteer-run and supported by local businesses in Oakland. About CreativeMornings/Oakland To say we have pride about our Town is an understatement. You have either been here, or you have the desire to be here. But Oakland does not mince messages: to belong here is to make a promise to community.  Oakland is built on community. Creativity and collaboration are what brought the Free Breakfasts to the children of West Oakland, the endurance to the Occupiers, and the persistence to the Resistance. We understand that to live a vibrant and inclusive life requires a diversity of beliefs and backgrounds. We understand that to breathe creativity into the minds and souls of our neighbors it requires the joy and respect for others. Community is not a one way street. Thankfully, we love to share it. At CreativeMornings Oakland, we seek to elevate the voices of our community: the passionate, the freedom fighters, the change makers, the resilient, the honest, and the leaders—without whom we’d have no inspiration, for our community is our future.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Christine Board is an interdisciplinary artist and lover of narrative. Her work sits at the intersections of health equity, collective care, and community. Rooted in the Bay Area, she seeks to center long-standing traditions of intergenerational knowing. Her creative practices include floral artistry, storytelling, and place-making, each a medium for reclaiming space, cultivating beauty, and embodying belonging. She believes that storytelling and gathering are essential to our collective wellbeing.

CreativeMornings is a free monthly breakfast lecture series. We offer free coffee, breakfast, and an inspiring talk highlighting an artist, maker, entrepreneur or creative individual in our community! We’re part of a global network found in over 240 cities worldwide, and are entirely volunteer-run and supported by local businesses in Oakland. About CreativeMornings/Oakland To say we have pride about our Town is an understatement. You have either been here, or you have the desire to be here. But Oakland does not mince messages: to belong here is to make a promise to community.  Oakland is built on community. Creativity and collaboration are what brought the Free Breakfasts to the children of West Oakland, the endurance to the Occupiers, and the persistence to the Resistance. We understand that to live a vibrant and inclusive life requires a diversity of beliefs and backgrounds. We understand that to breathe creativity into the minds and souls of our neighbors it requires the joy and respect for others. Community is not a one way street. Thankfully, we love to share it. At CreativeMornings Oakland, we seek to elevate the voices of our community: the passionate, the freedom fighters, the change makers, the resilient, the honest, and the leaders—without whom we’d have no inspiration, for our community is our future.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Christine Board is an interdisciplinary artist and lover of narrative. Her work sits at the intersections of health equity, collective care, and community. Rooted in the Bay Area, she seeks to center long-standing traditions of intergenerational knowing. Her creative practices include floral artistry, storytelling, and place-making, each a medium for reclaiming space, cultivating beauty, and embodying belonging. She believes that storytelling and gathering are essential to our collective wellbeing.

private event

Join us for a beginners-friendly poker game at Groundfloor. Come to learn more about poker or take a shot at the prize pool. Players of all levels are welcome to join.

If you're less experienced come 20 minutes before the event for a quick lesson on how to play poker and common strategies.

We will be playing 5 cards Texas Hold'em in a tournament configuration. Players can only buy back in if they lose all their chips and within the first hour of the game. The buy-in is $20 and will be sent to Benj via Venmo. Blinds will rise throughout the night to keep the gaming progressing. Top 3 players payout (50%, 30%, 10%). The remaining 10% goes towards event snacks and drinks.

"Our Founders Club Sunday Coffee Meetup is focussed on accountability and sharing challenges! All are welcome, from current founders to anyone curious about entrepreneurship! We meet every Sunday to give quick updates on our projects, progress, and struggles, then dive into brainstorming solutions together and general catchups. We like to say it's like a little dose of ‘group startup therapy’ every week!

Come hang out, enjoy free snacks, and support your fellow founders. Feel free to message Vicki Powell with any snack requests :) See you on Sunday!

Happy New Year Breakfast Club! Start the YEAR off right and join for breakfast bites and community connection at the dining room table! 

A comedy show for anyone who is debugging work, love, family, or kids. 

Featuring headliners and traveling comedians who used to work in tech or tech related creative fields.

For December, we will be reading two short books! Come and talk books with us - you could read one or both - we'd love to have you either way.

Perfection: A scathing, provocative novel about contemporary existence by a rising star in Italian literature.

Anna and Tom, an expat couple, have fashioned a dream life for themselves in Berlin. They are young digital "creatives" exploring the excitements of the city, freelancers without too many constraints, who spend their free time cultivating house plants and their images online. At first, they reasonably deduce that they've turned their passion for aesthetics into a viable, even enviable career, but the years go by, and Anna and Tom grow bored. As their friends move back home or move on, so their own work and sex life—and the life of Berlin itself—begin to lose their luster. An attempt to put their politics into action fizzles in embarrassed self-doubt. Edging closer to forty, they try living as digital nomads only to discover that, wherever they go, "the brand of oat milk in their flat whites was the same."

The Bottle Factory Outing: Short-listed for the Booker Prize and named 'one of the greatest novels of all time' by The Observer , this riveting novel shows Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic best. Freda and Brenda spend their days working in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory. A work outing offers promise for Freda and terror from Brenda; passions run high on that chilly day of freedom, and life after the outing never returns to normal. Inspired by author Beryl Bainbridge's own experiences working at a London wine-factory in the 1970s, The Bottle Factory Outing examines issues of friendship and consent, making the novel timelier than ever. Readers will be dazzled by this offbeat, haunting yet hilarious Guardian fiction prize-winning novel.

Ready to turn your homeownership dreams into reality? Join us for an evening that demystifies the Dream for All program — California’s innovative down payment assistance initiative rolling out in 2026.

Whether you’re a first-time buyer or just beginning to imagine owning a home, this session will help you understand how the program works, who qualifies, and how to enter the lottery for funding. We'll also cover other opportunities like FHA and VA loans. Dena Bliss will walk through the process, answer your questions, and share insights on preparing now to be ready when applications open.

Come learn how to make homeownership more achievable and take your first steps toward building a foundation of your own.