CORRECTED Sunday newsletter: Atmospheric river (of new events) edition
Whoops, the link on the houseplant event was incorrect down below! It's fixed in this edition. Sorry for doubling up your inbox! To make up for it, I've included a hilarious picture of me and Sarah at the bottom. –A
We are both wearing sweatpants and dreaming of soup this afternoon. That is to say, this winter solstice is really winter solsticing. Perhaps it is appropriate, though, as we are about to enter a brief period of hibernation. We've been running pretty fast these past few months and we need just a minute to catch up with ourselves.
We had our last event of the calendar year today, Sunday Coffee, Vol. 3. It was delightful, as usual. The whole of the space was thrumming with activity. Coffee was sipped. Some people made garlands. Others played games.
What a good end to three months that saw 45 (!!) different events in the space. That's a lot of events! And I think most of our 600+ members have made it to at least one happening.
If you haven't, don't worry, no one is checking. And also, you've got 10 new options in this email, our first events drop for 2026.
But, first, a crucial announcement!
We're closed next week, but open New Year's week.
As noted above, we're taking a quick rest next week. We'll be back open December 31, usual hours, Wednesday - Saturday. Coffee will also be in service that whole week starting at 8:30am (even on New Year's Day!). We're really looking forward to getting into the regular rhythms of the new year.
And now, your flood of events!
We're still nailing down a few details for a half dozen January events, buuuut here's the opening volley.
Jan 5, 6pm: Silent Writing Session with Jasmine Guillory. Our local bestselling romance author helps you get going on a writing project of your own or with a prompt.
Jan 6, 6pm: Adjective Goals Vision Workshop. Ariana Wolf and Luisa Alberto of Kindredly lead a session on a different kind of goal setting for the new year.
Jan 10, 1pm: Oakland Junk Journal Club. Junk journaling is like scrapbooking, but more freeform and low pressure. You're gonna love it. Shilpi Tomar hosts.
Jan 12, 6pm: Botanical Drawing. Hannah Hirsekorn leads the next edition of her drawing class series.
Jan 15, 6pm: Sundial Reading Series. Poet Ben Gucciardi debuts a new reading series alongside poets Zeina Hashem Beck and Armen Davoudian, as well as non-fiction writers Lauren Markham (recently longlisted for a PEN America award!) and Chris Feliciano Arnold.
Jan 20, 4pm: Seasonal Mending Circle. Gather up your pile of holey sweaters, shirts with unraveling hems, and tin of stray buttons, and haul them to Local Economy to make the old new again, by hand. Hosted by LE members Marthine Satris, Carrie Sloane, and MaryAnn Placzek Scheuer, and open to all.
Jan 21, 10am: Storytime for Caregivers with Nina Renata Aron. Patricia Zaballos brings you a literary series that’s for the caregivers, not the care recipients. This month we’ll be joined by Nina Renata Aron, the author of Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls, a memoir and cultural history of codependency.
Jan 28, 6pm: Demo Night with Robin Sloan's Notebook. We kick off a new format at Local Economy, the Demo Night, in which members of the extended community present new projects. For months now, author (and olive oil magnate) Robin Sloan has been working up a new project centered on ... the notebook. Sloan will lay out his thinking, and then you'll get to try out his new notebook concept on the spot.
Jan 29, 6pm: Oakland Garden Club on the Botany of Houseplants. Allyson Greenlon delivers us a rich presentation on the botany of your houseplants. Greenlon runs the UC master gardener program around here and has an intersectional background in plant biology, botany, and horticulture. Afterwards, we host a seed swap with Hannah Hirsekorn.
Have a great holiday! We'll see you soon!
—Sarah & Alexis
