Check Your Shelf: The Oakland Public Library Podcast

Dorothy is the interview subject in this final episode of the Fall History Miniseries. Amy Martin, Community Relations Librarian and our usual host, talks with Dorothy about the COVID-19 pandemic and the changes it has brought to our lives. Dorothy shares some early submissions to the Oakland History Center's COVID-19 East Bay Community Archive [https://oaklandlibrary.org/locations/oakland-history-center/contribute-covid-19-east-bay-community-archive], a digital record of our pandemic experience that needs your stories. Show notes on oaklandlibrary.org [https://www.oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/community-relations-blog/2020-10-23/check-your-shelf-fall-oakland-history-miniseries-feat-doro]

Dorothy interviews Oakland journalist William Wong. His books Oakland's Chinatown and Yellow Journalist: dispatches from Asian America are celebrated by scholars and local history buffs alike, and offer a window into the history of Asian Americans in Oakland and across America. Join Dorothy and William for a conversation about Chinatown in the mid-20th century, the COVID-19 crisis, and this era of gentrification. Show notes on oaklandlibrary.org [https://oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/chinatown/2020-10-19/check-your-shelf-fall-oakland-history-miniseries-feat-dorothy-lazard]

Dorothy interviews Oakland filmmaker Cheryl Fabio, whose works include Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy [https://evolutionarybluesfilm.com/]. They reminisce about the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Filmmakers_Hall_of_Fame#:~:text=The%20Black%20Filmmakers%20Hall%20of,before%20and%20behind%20the%20camera.], an Oakland organization that supported Black film and arts from 1974 into the late nineties. Check out Evolutionary Blues on OverDrive from OPL [https://encore.oaklandlibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2493801__Sevolutionary%20blues__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=cobalt] Show notes on oaklandlibrary.org [https://oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/community-relations-blog/2020-10-13/check-your-shelf-fall-oakland-history-miniseries-feat-doro]

Dorothy interviews the editorial crew of the Oakland Heritage Alliance (OHA): Erika Mailman, Naomi Schiff, and Kathleen DiGiovanni. They talk about the founding of the OHA, Oakland's architectural history, and what changes may come in the wake of the pandemic. Find show notes on oaklandlibrary.org [https://oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/community-relations-blog/2020-09-29/check-your-shelf-fall-oakland-history-miniseries-feat-doro]

Oakland History Center librarian Dorothy Lazard can’t invite folks into the library for OHC’s annual Fall History Series. So instead, we’re bringing the Fall Oakland History Miniseries to you--in podcast form! Every Wednesday in October, tune in as Dorothy interviews an Oakland historian. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review anywhere you listen to podcasts, including iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.