Regular Open Hours

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Special Events

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View fullsize Tamarack Free Library & Friends Present: “Fell in Love with Fire: Documentary on the Chilean uprising of 2019” and discussion Thursday, November 21 Tamarack | 1501 Harrison St, Oakland, Ca 6:30pm doors, 7pm screening, ~8pm discussion
View fullsize Herb Mills’ Presente: A Dockworker Story with Peter Cole Thursday, October 24 7pm @ Tamarack | 1501 Harrison St. Oakland, Ca Join historian and co-editor Peter Cole ( @pedro_the_ghost_pepper ) at a book reading and discussing of Presente: A D
View fullsize Join us for a poetry reading on this Friday, October 11 at 7pm featuring Norah Emily, Willa Smart, Ana Cecilia Alvarez, Noelle Armstrong, and Mia Culpa. A risograph printed chapbook of their work will be available for sale to benefit those affected
View fullsize As we approach a full year of the genocide in Gaza, and 76 years of the Zionist occupation of Palestine, we need to know how to sprint and how to marathon inside of our fights for land and liberation. This event will be an interactive conversation wi
View fullsize Show this Friday 9/20 Come thru!
View fullsize Folks are hosting a block party at Tamarack on Sept 21st from 5-11pm in solidarity with Casey, a community member who has been incarcerated the last couple months and is facing a long legal battle. Casey has persistently for years cared for, supporte
View fullsize Join us this Sunday September 15th at 7pm for a reading with Pinko Magazine! Pinko Magazine presents its latest publication, Queer Palestine, a collection of art and writing from queer Palestinians with all proceeds going to direct relief for contri
View fullsize Join us Thursday, September 19th at 7pm for a screening of Belkî Sibê and a virtual q&a with the director, Alexis Daloumis. Belki Sibe is a volunteer soldier’s film. It unfolds an 18 month journey through war and revolution, i
View fullsize Join us for a screening of: CROSSING (2024), 106min Friday, August 30 7pm Tamarack, 1501 Harrison St. Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia, learns from her young neighbor, Achi, that her long-lost transgender niece, Tekla, has crossed the border in
View fullsize Join us Saturday, September 7, from 12-4pm at Tamarack for “Supporting Gaza’s Healers”: an afternoon bake sale & creative marketplace in solidarity with Gaza Surgeon Dr. Abdalla and his 5 ⭐️ Medical Tent. Come together to help
View fullsize On Friday, September 6, from 7-9pm, Tamarack is happy to host a panel talk and book discussion about Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners. Book editor Josh Davidson will be speaking with former political prisoners
View fullsize @tritonepoetry this Friday don’t miss it!
View fullsize @palestinian_cuban_fusion pops up at tamarack every Wednesday for dinner, 5-9pm, and last 3 Fridays of each month for lunch, 12-3pm. Pull up!
View fullsize Join us Saturday June 15th from 6-8pm to celebrate the life, thought, and struggle of a comrade and friend, Loren Goldner. Loren’s passing on April 12, 2024, was not only the loss of a dear friend for many of us in the Bay Area, but the intern
View fullsize WTF is an Anarchist Free School? Thu June 6th 7:00pm-9:00pm @ Tamarack (1501 Harrison St, Oakland) ••• This talk presented by the Bay Anarchist Free School will cover: What is an anarchist free school? Why should each one teach one? Wh
View fullsize League of Class Conscious Workers Presents: Finally Got The News Friday May 3rd at 7:30pm-9:30pm at Tamarack Oakland (1501 Harrison St). Food will be provided. From the hosts: The League of Class Conscious Workers is a new revolutionary workers'
View fullsize @readytoescalate escalatenetwork.org to the buildings! to the barricades! til a free Palestine and a free world 🇵🇸
View fullsize April 26, 7pm $10
View fullsize Please join us on Wednesday April 17 at 7pm for a presentation and discussion with Matt Peterson from Woodbine in New York City. Woodbine, currently celebrating its 10-year anniversary, is a volunteer-run experimental hub in Ridgewood, Queens for dev
View fullsize Excited to announce that @bigdillkitchen will be having café days at Tamarack on second sundays from 11am-2pm! That means this Sunday!! You don’t want to miss their Iranian-inspired treats. We will repost, but you can also follow @bigdi