Oakland School for the Arts balances an immersive arts program with a comprehensive academic curriculum, providing students unique opportunities for learning, innovation, expression and personal growth. OSA’s arts and academic programs build discipline and confidence, effectively preparing creative youth to achieve their potential both in and outside of the arts.

'Human creativity is the ultimate economic resource.'  -- Richard Florida

OSA-APT Winter Gala and Auction is  THIS SATURDAY  

February 4, 2012, from 6-10 p.m.  Adults only  cocktail party attire  
Uptown Body and Fender  401 26th Street  Oakland, Ca 94612  

Join us in CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE with yummy food, drinks, dancing, socializing with the OSA community, heads or tails game, wine cellar raffle and a great affordable silent auction. A DJ and OSA Combo will entertain us.  

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Tickets for the event and the wine cellar raffle can be purchased on line at  http://www.aptosa.org/cart  or after school from 3:10 to 4:30 all week.  

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OSA THEATRE DEPARTMENT PROUDLY PRESENTS~

John Steinbeck's 

OF MICE AND MEN

Directed by: Michael Berry-Berlinski 

Jan. 30th-Feb. 4 at 7pm
Feb. 4 at 2pm
(February 4th ~ 7pm show is ASL interpretted)

OSA BLACKBOX THEATRE
$5 STUDENTS AND SENIORS, $10 ADULTS

Buy tickets ONLINE at https://sites.google.com/site/osaomam/

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John Steinbeck's haunting masterpiece, Of Mice and Men, is ths story of two drifters and the difficulties they encounter while working for a mean-spirited landowner. The characters who grace the stage are drawn in the beloved Steinbeck style: expressive, profound, representative of all that is both great and melancholy about Depression-era America. Known for its lyrical humanity and evocative sense of time and place, Of Mice and Men follows the story of Lenny and George, one of literature's most famous and archetypal pairs, as they move inexorably toward tragedy.

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February 10, 11, 12, 8pm
The Marion E. Green Black Box Theatre at OSA

Was It a Dream I Loved is a new full length dance theater performance from Oakland based artist collective "this sweet nothing", co-founded by Sonsheree Giles, Heike Liss, and Caroline Penwarden. These three artists fill the stage with music, dance and images that create a landscape of sexual questioning and reality testing informed by Vaslav Nijinsky's scandalous L'apres midi d'une faune.   

More info at thissweetnothing.org

Advance tickets recommended - http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/214818

Jan. 30-Feb. 4, 7pm      "Of Mice and Men", Black Box
Feb. 4, 2pm                   "Of Mice and Men", Black Box
Feb. 4, 6pm                   APT Winter Gala & Auction, Uptown Body & Fender
Feb. 10-12, 8pm            "Was It a Dream I Loved" Guest Artist Performance, OSA Black Box
Feb. 16, 6pm                  Parent College Night

OSA was selected as a California Distinguished School by the CDE in 2009.

OSA is fully accredited by the Schools Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

OSA is a member of the Arts Schools Networks.
OSA is a member of the California Charter Schools Association
OSA is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling
OSA is affiliated with the Music National Service Initiative.