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Indie films screen at oaklands longest running cinema 1917, the piedmont theatre, while at the more modern catos ale house, sports screen on tvs as taps pour craft beers. The prodigious jazz pianist dan zemelman is cowriter, pianist, and musical director of the jazzbook. Give one to a friend, relative, or school, or buy one for yourself to use for overthephone orders or save for when we open our doors again. Oakland black swan books is news, information, and guides to literary magazines, independent publishers, creative writing programs, alternative periodicals, indie bookstores, writing contests, and more. Black swan offers books, art, collectibles from around the world, the kind of which you wont see in an average book shop. You can find walden pond bookstore in oakland on alameda, grand avenue, 3316 number in street. There are six count em six independent book shops within a sixblock radius.
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