Alameda Beacon

IN THIS ISSUE:

Holidays at South Shore Center, Alameda Ballet Company, Ice Skating and more!

Volume 2, Issue 4

Fourth quarter, 2012

Santa In The House

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anta’s back at South Shore Center again this year with photo packages to fit every need and any budget. Visitors to Santa’s house may take their receipts to the Little Ice Rink for a 20% off discount. Santa’s hours are: • • • • • •

Thursdays & Fridays: 3pm to 7pm Saturdays: 11am to 7pm Sundays: 11am to 5:30pm Monday, December 17 through Wednesday, December 19: 3pm to 7pm Friday, December 21: 11am to 7pm Monday, December 24: 10am to 3pm

Thursdays, December 6th and 18th are special bring-your-pet photo nights. Santa’s house is located on Candy Cane Lane between Kohl’s and Daiso. For more information, visit alamedasouthshorecenter.com.

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Alameda Ballet South Shore Center kicks off its holiday celebrations with an Alameda Ballet performance of The Nutcracker at 5:30pm on 11/23.

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his holiday season, Alameda Ballet once again transports audiences on a magical journey with Clara and the Nutcracker Prince. From the heroic battle against the Mouse King, travel through the Land of the Snowflakes and on to the Kingdom of the Sweets. There you will meet the Sugar Plum Fairy and be entertained by the wonders of the Land of Enchantment. Choreographed by Artistic Director, Abra Rudisill, with gorgeous costumes, beautiful sets and the classic Tchaikovsky score—this is a production sure to bring out the child in everyone.

Alameda Ballet’s Nutcracker production has become a time-honored family holiday tradition, and more information is available at alamedanutcracker. com. For information about Alameda Ballet’s Spring Recital, ballet classes, studio rentals and other resources, visit alamedaballet.com.

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Color Me Mine Bring the kids, bring your friends, bring the whole family to Color Me Mine for three clay ornament-making workshops this holiday season.

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emember making play-dough ornaments as a kid? You’d take a cookie cutter and chisel out your favorite shape. Then you’d let it dry, and you’d paint it or coat it with glue and sprinkle it with glitter.

Chances are, those ornaments you crafted as a kid are still hanging from your parents’ tree. Your mom unpacks them year after year, and they remind her of the time you skipped home from kindergarten and presented her with that dried-dough reindeer or that beglittered holiday tree.

At Color Me Mine, friends and families can make memories in all seasons. Whether you’d like to make holiday ornaments or want to try your hand at glass fusion, Color Me Mine’s got you covered this winter: • 12/15: Kid’s Night Out. Enjoy holiday movies, ice cream and bingo while you make holiday ceramics. 6pm to 9pm.

• 12/26: $3 Studio Fee—Get out of the house and paint!

• 01/16: Glass Fusion Workshop. No experience necessary! 6:30pm. RSVP to (510) 521-5639.

Visit alameda.colormemine.com for sign up or to obtain more information!

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Go! Games Established calendar and games publisher, Go! Calendar and Games joins the team at South Shore Center for a Pop-Up this November and December.

Just in time for the holidays, Go!Calendar and Games has opened a holiday pop-up shop at South Shore Center. There you’ll find a range of great cards, stationery, calendars, puzzles, board games and toys for all ages.

Go! Calendar and Games is a trade name held by Calendar Holdings, LLC, the world’s largest operator of seasonal pop-up stores. The company sells some of the best-known and most-loved calendars in world, along with a wide range of board games suitable for all age ranges and a gift line that includes plush toys, puzzles, dog gifts and more.

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Total Woman South Shore Center is thrilled to introduce Alameda’s newest spa sensation, Total Woman.

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he holidays always bring good cheer, but they can also bring stress and a certain amount of overindulgence. Luckily, South Shore Center’s newest gym and day spa facility, Total Woman, can help! Total Woman offers everything you could ever want in a health club, including impeccably clean facilities, state-of-the-art cardiovascular and strength training equipment, expert personal training and personal Pilates instruction and dynamic group fitness classes. As if that’s not enough, Total Woman is also a full-service day spa with massages, facials, body treatments, sauna and steam rooms and quiet areas. They even offer a safe and fun kids club! All of these perks and amenities are available exclusively for women.

Give yourself or the woman in your life the gift of a Total Woman membership this holiday season. Lock in your membership right now for a discount off regular prices.

The fully functioning Total Woman preview center is open now at 2219A South Shore Center #215. Call (510) 521-1149 or visit totalwomanspa.com for more information.

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Marketplaces Man-about-town George Krauth dishes on the fashions, flavors, designs and décor he discovers as he travels the globe tracking trends in his capacity as VP of Creative and Marketing for Jamestown. This quarter, George tells us how he’s inspired by marketplaces.

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travel a lot, and everywhere I go, I fall in love with products I find. I’ve gotten so inspired, in fact, that I’m bringing some of these goods to a new retail venture, Mixson Market in Charleston. Like Star Provisions in Atlanta or Chelsea Market in New York, Mixson Market will be a hip spot to get quality meat, cheese, coffee, wine and made-to-order sandwiches. More than that, the market will be a community gathering space, a place where people can relax over a cup of coffee or shop for amazing housewares like wool blankets, Herschel Supply Co. backpacks, Falconware enameled plates from the UK, cookbooks and vintage French bread boards. In addition to falling in love with great products, I also relish the unique marketplace communities I find in both small and large towns. That spirit definitely inspires Jamestown’s placemaking. At Warehouse Row in Chattanooga, for instance, we’re working to create an out-of-this-world mercantile food market, starting with local favorites Petunia’s Silver Jalapeño and Southern Burger Company. For more about some of the markets mentioned here, visit mixsonmarket. com, starprovisions.com, warehouserow.net and chelseamarket.com.

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The little ice rink

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ith the help of Perforce and Ice America, The Little Ice Rink is back for a second year in a new location at South Shore Center. At the Grand Opening celebration in November, professional skaters from Holiday on Ice dazzled onlookers as they swooped and spiraled their way across the 3,000 square-foot rink.

The Little Ice Rink is made possible by the Perforce Software Foundation, and additional supporters include Executive Inn & Suites Embarcadero Cove, Bayside Hotel Oakland, Panera Bread and Bank of Alameda.

Find The Little Ice Rink on Park Street at Franciscan Way, adjacent to Petco. The cost, including skate rental, is $10 for kids through age 8 and $15 for 9+. If you bring your own skates, the cost is $6 for kids and $10 for adults. Find more information at thelittleicerink.com.

Opening The Little Ice Rink for the season

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Skating fun at The Little Ice Rink

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Perforce Alameda software company Perforce gives back to the community in all kinds of ways, including providing a portion of the funding for The Little Ice Rink at South Shore Center.

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ast year, The Little Ice Rink, Alameda’s first seasonal ice-skating facility, quickly became a favorite Alameda holiday outing. This year, international software developer Perforce continues its support of the venture as The Little Ice Rink moves to South Shore Center. “It’s been a dream of ours for a few years to have an ice rink in Alameda,” said Christopher Seiwald, founder and president of Perforce, during last year’s opening celebration.

The Little Ice Rink isn’t the only way Perforce gives back to local communities and global charities.

Through the Perforce Foundation and Perforce’s Giving Program, each employee can donate $1,500 annually to charities of their choosing. Combined with the additional donations made by the Giving Committee, the Perforce Foundation has donated over $2.3 million since its inception. To date, the Perforce Foundation has supported an array of worthy causes, including public and private schools, disaster relief, advocacy for the homeless, animals, fair trade, health, arts and science.

For more on Perforce and the Perforce Foundation visit perforce.com.

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Alameda Events Here are some of our favorite upcoming events. See you there!

Josh Kornbluth in Red Diaper Baby 7pm December 31 and January 1 Celebrate the birth of a new year with Josh Kornbluth’s wildly comic coming-of-age tale, RED DIAPER BABY. Thorny subjects such as sex, politics, and the possible overuse of baby powder are intertwined in this critically acclaimed one-man show about a young boy who believes he must grow up to lead a communist revolution – in America!

Presented at Rhythmix Cultural Works. Find more information at rhythmix.org or by calling (510) 865-5060.

Color Me Mine Glass Fusion Workshop 6:30pm, January 16th Learn all about glass fusion at this fun and entertaining workshop. No experience necesssary. RSVP to (510) 521-5639

Mommy & Me Mondays at Alameda Theatre Every Monday Take the kids to the movies every Monday at Alameda Theater.

Enjoy current movies at select showtimes in a child and toddlerfriendly setting where volumes are lowered and baby-safe lighting is employed. More information at alamedatheatres.com.

FEATURED EVENT SANTA at South Shore Center Santa’s back at South Shore Center again this year with photo packages to fit every need and any budget. See our feature on page 8 for dates, times and details!

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Alameda Art Association (510) 523-4475 alamedaartassociation.com

Check Into Cash (510) 263-0267 checkintocash.com

Alameda Beauty Center (510) 522-6802

The Children’s Place (510) 337-1335 childrensplace.com

Alameda Centre Physicians (510) 769-1118 acphysicians.com Alameda Credit Union (510) 523-1514 alamedacu.org Alameda Pediatric Dentistry (510) 521-KIDS (5437) alamedapediatricdentistry.com ATC Public Safety (510) 864-0779 Anna’s Linens (510) 865-6692 annaslinens.com Antidote Salon (510) 523-4262 antidotesalon.com Applebee’s (510) 522-7071 applebees.com Avenue (510) 521-0330 avenue.com Bank of Alameda (510) 748-8000 bankofalameda.com Bed Bath & Beyond (510) 522-0577 bedbathandbeyond.com

China Gourmet (510) 521-6337 alamedachinagourmet.com Chipotle (510) 337-1592 chipotle.com Color Me Mine (510) 521-8893 colormemine.com Daiso Japan (510) 794-0828 daiso-sangyo.co.jp/english Daphne’s Greek Cafe (510) 769-1483 daphnesgreekcafe.com DB Shoes (510) 373-2705 dbshoes.net Dress Barn (510) 521-2783 dressbarn.com European Wax Center (510) 865-4929 waxcenter.com Executive Martinizing (510) 523-6033 Fruits & Chocolate (510) 521-8868 fruitsandchocolate.com

Beverly’s Fabric & Craft (510) 864-4222 beverlys.com/alameda-store

GNC Live Well (510) 523-5006 gnc.com

Big 5 Sporting Goods (510) 865-6486 big5sportinggoods.com

Go! Calendar and Games (510) 522-2234

Blockbuster Video (510) 865-9865 blockbuster.com

The Gold Spot Jewelers (510) 522-GOLD (4653) thegoldspotjewelers.com

Bon Voyage Luggage (510) 522-2500 eluggage.net

Great Clips (510) 522-7587 greatclips.com

Bright Now! Dental (510) 214-0253 brightnow.com

Handle with Care Packaging (510) 522-8003 hwcpackagingstore.com

Chase Bank (510) 864-3325 chase.com

Happy Nails (510) 522-1305 happynails.com

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Instant Shoe Care (510) 521-7089 Jamba Juice (510) 521-1112 jambajuice.com Kohl’s (510) 263-0308 kohls.com Launderland (510) 337-0769 LensCrafters (510) 521-2734 lenscrafters.com Loard’s Ice Cream (510) 521-0873 loards.com Massage Envy (510) 865-3689 massageenvy.com

Safeway (510) 863-9000 safeway.com See’s Candies (510) 523-1611 sees.com Soccer Post (510) 523-5700 soccerpost.com Sophistry Custom Skin Care (510) 748-0491 sophistryskincare.com South Shore Café (510) 523-3663 South Shore Car Wash (510) 523-7866 South Shore Liquors (510) 521-7254

Merle Norman Cosmetics (510) 523-8442 merlenorman.com

Sprint (510) 863-8139 sprint.com

Modern Mouse (510) 814-8830 modernmousegifts.com

Starbucks (510) 749-9595 starbucks.com

Office Max (510) 749-7500 officemax.com

Subway (510) 523-5225 subway.com

Old Navy (510) 864-0175 oldnavy.com Pagano’s Hardware Store (510) 522-1345 paganoshardware.com Panera Bread (510) 749-9810 panerabread.com Payless ShoeSource (510) 521-1275 payless.com

Sushi House (510) 865-0999 e-sushihouse.com TJ Maxx (510) 749-8201 tjmaxx.com Total Woman Gym & Day Spa Coming soon! totalwomanspa.com Towne Cleaners and Alterations (510) 865-6119

Pearl’s Deluxe Burgers (510) 864-1015 pearlsdeluxe.com

Trader Joe’s (510) 769-5450 traderjoes.com

Pedal Beach (510) 303.8823 pedalbeach.com

Ulta Beauty Coming soon!

Petco (510) 864-1844 petco.com Radio Shack (510) 521-4383 radioshack.com Ross Dress For Less (510) 865-1478 rossstores.com

Walgreens (510) 523-7043 walgreens.com Weight Watchers (800) 651-6000 weightwatchers.com Wells Fargo (510) 464-2141 wellsfargo.com.com

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WHERE’S SOUTH SHORE CENTER? FROM SAN FRANCISCO: Take I-80 toward Oakland.

Right onto I-880. See below, “from I-880.”

FROM WALNUT CREEK: Take CA-24 toward Oakland.

Take ramp onto I-880 toward San Jose. See below, “from I-880.”

FROM BERKELEY: Take I-80 toward Oakland. Merge onto I-580 (I-80). Right on ramp toward I-980. Take ramp toward I-880. See below, “from I-880.”

FROM I-880: Exit right ramp to 23rd Ave/Alameda. Bear right (southwest) onto 29th Ave. Continue on Park St. to Otis Dr. FROM HAYWARD: Take I-880 toward Oakland. Right ramp toward 98th Ave/Oakland Airport. Left onto 98th Ave. Left onto Airport Access Road. Right onto SR-61 (Doolittle Dr.).

Bear right onto Otis Dr. Continue to Park St. AC TRANSIT BUS ROUTES: Oakland transfers from the BART Civic Center Station take bus #20; BART Fruitvale Station take bus #21. For more detailed trip planning visit actransit.org or transit.511.org.

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