Live Music
Ashkenaz, www.ashkenaz.com
Boom Boom Room, www.boomboomblues.com
Chapel of the Chimes, http://www.chapelofthechimes.com
Eli's Mile High, www.oaklandmilehigh.com/calendar
Expressions Gallery, www.expressionsgallery.org
Nomad Cafe, www.nomadcafe.net
Oakland Museum, www.museumca.org - Live Music on First Fridays
Quinn's Lighthouse, www.quinnslighthouse.com - Sea Shanty Music Thurs
Stern Grove, www.sterngrove.org - Live Music Sundays 2pm (June-August)
Movies
Parkway Theater, www.speakeasytheaters.com
Hiking Trails
East Bay Hills (fantastic hiking, wildlife), www.ebparks.org
also check out Purisima Creek, south of San Francisco