Arts and culture — such as the local museum, music, arts and food scenes — help give a distinctive vibe to Oakland and other cities.
Hoodline reviewed the city's past week on Twitter, with particular attention to accounts that are devoted to arts and culture issues. We wanted to reveal and write about the tweets that drove your social media discussions around those topics.
Music
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Oakland saw a jump in Twitter conversations regarding music last week — 51, compared with 34 the previous week.
One of them with the most local popularity was this tweet by @TheThizzler on Friday:
Stockton rappers @DONQUEZcwt & @lildaddex put on for their hometown with "TIM": https://t.co/LVq4bJqLaW https://t.co/UYSWFhXBLh
— Thizzler On The Roof (@TheThizzler)
All told, the tweet racked up 30 local retweets, 24 local quotes and 485 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Food and dining
Running the gamut from restaurants and sustainability to producers and security, tweets about food were a fixture of the city's Twitter timelines last week.
Oakland had about the same volume of Twitter conversations on the subject of food last week compared with the past week.
On Wednesday, @HavenBourque tweeted:
#Climatechange has you whipsawed with anxiety about extreme weather, #floods, and #drought or #wildfires? A new surcharge on your dining bill from the ever-brilliant @farmivore & @perennnialsf will help. @JanelleBitker reports: https://t.co/SqDb0Oh4F1 #chefs #carbonfarming Pls RT
— HavenBourque (@HavenBourque)
The tweet got some attention, with six local quotes and 29 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Then there was this tweet from @KariHamerschlag on Wednesday:
Canada's eating guidelines urge greater consumption of #plantbased proteins (e.g. beans, lentils, nuts, & tofu) over animal-sourced protein because they "can lower the risk of heart disease, cancer, and & type 2 diabetes." @foodtank https://t.co/QxJUz3Gehb #ClimateFriendlyFood
— Kari Hamerschlag (@KariHamerschlag)
As of this publication, the tweet had three local retweets and 14 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
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