ALAMEDA
Join the League of Women Voters of Alameda (LWV Alameda) next week from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday for “Climate Change: What Alameda Is Doing & What You Can Do.” Learn about the city of Alameda’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, address sea level rise and combat climate change. Discover how you can take action through political engagement, community organizations and personal efforts.
The event will feature Joyce Mercado, a longtime climate activist, member of the group CASA (Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda) and author of “Save the Planet in Your Spare Time,” and Lauren Eisele, a climate change adaptation expert who is also a CASA member.
The doors open at 6 p.m. for this free event at Phoenix, a co-working space at 2315 Lincoln Ave. in Alameda that also hosts meetings and other events. Please RSVP in advance online at forms.gle/7bjtGp3bPnUqGL959. Sponsored by the LWV Alameda, this informative program is meant help you make a difference in the fight against climate change. For more details, visit LWVAlameda.org/ce online.
— LWV Alameda
Alameda Bike Festival coming to Paden Elementary School
The city of Alameda, the Alameda Recreation and Park Department and the Alameda Unified School District will sponsor the 2025 Alameda Bike Festival on April 26 at Paden Elementary School at 444 Central Ave. from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Various service organizations will join in the activities, including the Kiwanis Club of Alameda (KCA), which will give away bike helmets, fitting them to each child and explaining their safe use to parents. Free classes (with preregistration) will teach safe family cycling, kids’ ride to school and urban cycling for adults and teens.
Various groups will offer free bike repairs, free bike bells, helmet decorations, face painting and a simulated traffic situation with signage and lanes for cyclists to practice in a safe environment. For details online, visit bit.ly/kcalamedaevents or bit.ly/4jyRsML.
— KCA
Alameda on Camera exhibit at Bette Center until May 31
The annual Alameda on Camera exhibit opened this month at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts and will be on display through May 31.
Alameda on Camera is an annual, juried event conducted throughout the city of Alameda in which 48 photo-based adult and youth artists roam Alameda for 48 hours, from 9 p.m. on a Friday to 9 p.m. the following Sunday, and capture images of neighborhoods, favorite places, secret hideaways and, if they choose, spotlight families, friends and famous (or infamous!) town characters.
This year’s exhibit juror is Eduardo Soler, an award-winning photographer who started his career in Los Angeles and San Francisco and shown his work in fine art galleries such as San Francisco’s de Young Museum. The Bette Center is at 1601 Paru St. in Alameda. For details online, visit frankbettecenter.org/alameda-on-camera-2025.
— Bette Center
USS Hornet to unveil new aircraft in its collection April 26
The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum on April 26 will officially unveil a new aircraft in its collection: The F/A-18C Hornet. This aircraft from the Pensacola National Naval Aviation Museum will arrive at Oakland International Airport shortly before this event, brought aboard the USS Hornet, reassembled and put on display. The unveiling event will also feature special guest speakers.
The F/A-18C Hornet is of special importance to the Hornet as it carries on the proud U.S. navy legacy of the name Hornet that stretches all the way back to the first USS Hornet during the American Revolutionary War. This F/A-18C was one of two VFA-81 Sunliners that shot down a pair of MIG-21 Fishbeds on Jan. 17, 1991, the first day of Operation Desert Storm. The pilot that day was Capt. Nick “Mongo” Mongillo, USN (ret.).
The Hornet museum will mark the unveiling occasion by thanking the donors who made this possible, especially the Hornet’s own docents who led the fundraising charge to bring this amazing aircraft aboard. For more information, visit uss-hornet.org/event/f-18-hornet-unveiling.
— USS Hornet
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