PAST HAPPENINGS
Temescal Works is a place to experience community and engage in meaningful social connections. Monthly socials, Member Q&A’s and pop-up retail events are just some of the ways we bring members and the extended community together.
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PAST EVENTS
Please join us for a lunchtime Q&A with local legend Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, the author of A Year of Compassion: 52 Weeks of Living Zero-Waste, Plant-Based, and Cruelty-Free. Colleen is an acclaimed speaker, a regular contributor to National Public Radio, and the host of all-inclusive luxury sustainable, vegan, animal-friendly trips around the world, as well as the host/producer of Food for Thought Podcast.
Take a mindful pause in the middle of your day to reset your nervous system and return to a calm, grounded state, in a class led by Mind-Body coach and educator Brandy Benton from Heal More. Love More.
Please join us for an informative workshop with Dr. Tyler Anderson, a licensed acupuncturist who specializes in both sports and neurological acupuncture and is the team acupuncturist for the Oakland Roots Soccer Club and Oakland Ballers baseball team. Dr. Anderson will provide ear acupuncture and discounted treatment cards for full length acupuncture sessions.
** Introduction at 1:00 pm followed by demo and treatments 1:30-4:00 pm
Join Temescal Works cofounder (and former wedding floral designer) Ellen Kim for a hands-on flower party. We’ll do a quick demo, then you’ll make your own bouquet to take home. Leave with flowers, fun, and a few tips to keep your stems happy longer!
Join us for a Temescal Works favorite: waffles made by cofounders Roy and Judith! This beloved tradition brings the community together over hot griddles and good vibes. Don’t miss this sweet start to your day!
Join us for an educational and necessary workshop that dives right into the stock market. Gaurav Kumar is managing partner of Tilden Path Capital, a boutique investment management firm that focuses on discovering long term winners among smaller technology companies.
At the workshop, he will share some tips and empirical strategies on starting out, and—if you already invest—on how to protect your portfolio in uncertain times.
Please join us for the opening reception of Meditations on Growth, a solo exhibition by Amy Copperman; a multidisciplinary artist, award-winning writer, and creative strategist based in Oakland. Amy stewards a communal artist home, Arrowhead Art House, in the Oakland Hills and is co-host of Free*Party, speakeasy art salons showcasing local artists and healers. Her visual work explores the mythic in the mundane by blending archetypes, surrealist landscapes, flora, and the human form to reflect the spiritual and emotional dimensions of transformation.
You are invited to join a Friends of Oakland Animal Services (FOAS) town hall meeting!
Want to learn more about the work FOAS is doing and where we’re headed next? Join us for an upcoming FOAS Town Hall with Executive Director Ann Dunn. You’ll hear about our vision, the challenges we’re facing, and how you can help.
Whether you’re a long-time supporter or just curious to learn more, we’d love to see you there. Bring your questions, bring a friend, and bring your passion for making a difference for Oakland’s animals!
Join Councilmember Unger, City staff, and neighbors for a District 1 budget forum. You’ll hear a short presentation on the proposed budget, learn how the process works, and take part in interactive activities to share your priorities.
Your voice helps shape how Oakland invests in services, programs, and neighborhoods—and informs your Councilmember’s decisions.
RSVP encouraged. You may submit questions in advance!
Join us for a fascinating spring panel on architecture and landscape design with our members Hyunch Sung and Laura Boutelle. Hyunch is a landscape designer, lecturer and artist, and the founder of Studio Moonya. Laura has been working in architecture (Laura Boutelle Architecture) in the Bay Area for over 20 years, and her specialty is residential remodel and additions. Inspiration guaranteed.
Join us for an environmentally friendly, locally sourced community lunch to celebrate Earth Month! Meet fellow members and nourish yourself.
Join us in the sofa area for an illuminating Earth Day Q&A with Warren Sakey, Renewable Development Director at Invenergy, North America’s largest privately owned developer of renewable energy projects. Invenergy does both onshore and offshore wind, solar, battery storage, green hydrogen, and transmission projects.
To celebrate Earth Day, we have curated an environmentally friendly pop-up with our friends and neighbors at the Filling Station in Berkeley. Stop by to shop sustainable beauty and home products for the entire month of April!
*Shop open during business hours, Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM
Join us for big-screen college basketball and themed nibbles for this fun and engaging social! Root for a team and meet fellow members.
Come learn concrete tools for helping your body navigate the stresses of modern life by applying gentle pressure to specific points on our bodies that allow for pain relief and increased internal calm, with local Acupuncturist and East Asian Medicine practitioner Maya Joshua. We’ll learn how to call up our own existing healing resources to improve our quality of life.
Please join us for a conversation on the timely and versatile topic of PASSION. Hosted in small groups, each Parlar conversation is designed by the participants in real time, following an original and exhilarating format. Parlar Series is a project of focused, thoughtful conversations on topics from our daily lives that anyone can relate to, curated by culture writer Flora Tsapovsky.
SIGN UP by emailing fl***@***********ks.com
It’s everyone’s favorite holiday! Please join us for a cheesy, lighthearted social featuring surprise foods and drinks – plus a guest appearance by Temescal Works’ very own member couples!
Join us in the sofa area for an illuminating Q&A with the Executive Director and Director of Strategic Partnerships of Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange (WAKE), a nonprofit working both locally and globally to uplift women social entrepreneurs. WAKE drives social impact through technology and collaboration, matching volunteer Advisors from the tech industry with social entrepreneurs who are driving change in their communities. In 2025, WAKE will undertake impact projects in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Vilnius, Lithuania, supporting Ukrainian women entrepreneurs as they rebuild their businesses in their new community.
It’s time for our annual November members’ social, which is just an excuse to sample all the seasonal goodies from Trader Joe’s. Not to be missed!
Join us for a fun Q&A with member Bianca Kaprielian, the founder of Fruit World, one of California’s most prominent fruit growers and sellers! During the Q&A, we’ll hold a raffle for some Fruit World merch!