What we’re about
East Bay Adventures is a group of active, friendly folks interested in socializing with others over 40 at interesting and fun events mostly (but not exclusively) in the East Bay. From dinner to drinks, walking to biking, street fairs to concerts, chances are we're doing it! So join in the festivities, have a great time, and make new friends.
Suggest and Host Events
Have an idea for a good adventure? Contact the organizer with details about a possible event, and we'll see what we can do. Note that business propositions will be ignored.
Members who are outgoing, organized, and punctual are encouraged to host events. Being an event host is an easy, fun responsibility that allows you to reach out and find others who share your interests.
It is recommended that events are limited to 12 or fewer people so people have a chance to talk and get to know one another.
Attendance Policy
Meetup is all about meeting and interacting with people in person or live on zoom. Please RSVP to events ONLY if you plan on attending.
Did your attendance plans change? Update your RSVP!
No shows and last-minute cancellations make hosting events more difficult, and they can be grounds for removal from the group.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- First Saturday Book Group: The Heaven & Earth Grocery StoreMilyar Cafe, Berkeley, CA
On the first Saturday in August, we will discuss The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.
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Info from Goodreads:The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store on Goodreads
Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, which served the neighborhood's quirky collection of blacks and European immigrants, helped by her husband, Moshe, a Romanian-born theater owner who integrated the town's first dance hall. When the state came looking for a deaf black child, claiming that the boy needed to be institutionalized, Chicken Hill's residents—roused by Chona's kindess and the courage of a local black worker named Nate Timblin—banded together to keep the boy safe.
As the novel unfolds, it becomes clear how much the people of Chicken Hill have to struggle to survive at the margins of white Christian America and how damaging bigotry, hypocrisy, and deceit can be to a community. When the truth is revealed about the skeleton, the boy, and the part the town’s establishment played in both, McBride shows that it is love and community—heaven and earth—that ultimately sustain us.
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