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Fred Noland

Fred Noland

Fred Noland is a professor at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in the Comics BFA program. As an artist, his expertise is complex visual storytelling.

http://www.frednoland.com 57 posts

Lucinda Williams Knows A Thing Or Two About Fighting

Lucinda Williams Knows A Thing Or Two About Fighting

Lucinda Williams Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland September 23rd, 2024

Fred Noland

2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Mike Birbiglia Calls Back

Mike Birbiglia Calls Back

Mike Birgiglia — Please Stop the Ride at the Fox Theater

Fred Noland

2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Comedy Up and Comers at Amber Lounge

Comedy Up and Comers at Amber Lounge

I was coaxed out by Amber Lounge’s comedy night on Thursday. The price was right (free) and the location was irresistible (on my way home).

Fred Noland

16 Sep 2024 · 1 min read

Shapeshifters Cinema: Avant-Garde on the Edge of Town

Shapeshifters Cinema: Avant-Garde on the Edge of Town

Housed in adjoining Victorians, The Shapeshifter’s trifecta—cinema, brewery, and cafe, occupies a stretch of 5th St…I have to admire the building surviving the one-two punch of urban renewal and imminent domain that razed countless other neighboring structures.

Fred Noland

10 Sep 2024 · 1 min read

Oakland Comedy: No Bridge and Tunnel Required

Oakland Comedy: No Bridge and Tunnel Required

Comedy Oakland does things a little different…

Fred Noland

9 Sep 2024 · 1 min read

Comedy Bang! Bang! All Star Improv Takes the Stage

Comedy Bang! Bang! All Star Improv Takes the Stage

“Come see my improv group” are five words that have ended many friendships and estranged family members from one another. But these are professionals.

Fred Noland

4 Sep 2024 · 1 min read

DNC Diary Day 4: Interfaith Council Discussion

DNC Diary Day 4: Interfaith Council Discussion

Fred Noland

26 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

DNC Diary Day 4: Signs of the Times

DNC Diary Day 4: Signs of the Times

Fred Noland

23 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

DNC Diary Day 3

DNC Diary Day 3

Fred Noland

22 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

DNC Diary Day 2: Unite and Conquer

DNC Diary Day 2: Unite and Conquer

Fred Noland

21 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

DNC Diary Day 1: Finding The Light In Chicago

DNC Diary Day 1: Finding The Light In Chicago

Fred Noland

20 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

Avant Pan Africanism In “Lake Walking, Revolutionary Talking”

Avant Pan Africanism In “Lake Walking, Revolutionary Talking”

Lake Walking, Revolutionary Talking BAM House 1540 Broadway, Oakland August 9, 2024

Fred Noland

12 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

“Tell Them We Were Here”: Artists Talk to Artists About Arting

“Tell Them We Were Here”: Artists Talk to Artists About Arting

“Tell Them We Were Here” Screening with filmmaker Q&A East Bay Photo Collective Oakland July 7th, 2024

Fred Noland

7 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

X‑FOLX ASSEMBLE! Superheroes Reframed

X‑FOLX ASSEMBLE! Superheroes Reframed

X‑FOLX Hella Positive 1606 7th St. Oakland July 27th, 2024

Fred Noland

1 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

Safe — & Sound? — Back Home From RNC

Safe — & Sound? — Back Home From RNC

Fred Noland

25 Jul 2024 · 1 min read

Reflecting on Lake Merritt

Reflecting on Lake Merritt

“Reflections on Lake Merritt” Preview Fundraiser With Brandon Jourdan, Dorothy Lazard and Liam O’Donoghue Camron-Stanford House 1418 Lakeside Dr, Oakland July 6, 2024 Read Fred’s review of “What

Fred Noland

23 Jul 2024 · 1 min read

RNC Diary Coda: The Food Desert Minutes — & A Universe — Away

RNC Diary Coda: The Food Desert Minutes — & A Universe — Away

Previous entries: • RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip • RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff • RNC Diary Day 3: The Barroom Watch Party • RNC Diary Day 4: Signs

Fred Noland

22 Jul 2024 · 1 min read

RNC Diary Date 5: The Big Reveal

RNC Diary Date 5: The Big Reveal

Previous entries: • RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip • RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff • RNC Diary Day 3: The Barroom Watch Party • RNC Diary Day 4: Signs

Fred Noland

21 Jul 2024 · 1 min read