Fresh, Convenient, Affordable!		Community Church and its Pastor, Rev. Desmond Henry
Get Your Fruits and Veggies Fridays at the new East Palo Alto Produce Market With its lack of a large supermarket or produce store, East Palo Alto is not known for quality well-priced fruits and vegetables. This has changed now with an innovative new East Palo Alto Produce Market held every Friday from 2-3 P.M. at the East Palo Alto Senior Center, located at the corner of Bell Street and University Avenue. Click to read more...		First in a new EPA.net series on our local Faith Communities By Mary Flamer, EPA.net Faith Communities Editor and Reporter Community Church has a long and illustrious history. When I read the history of Community Church, I learned the seed for this congregation was planted in 1919. The first site of the Church was on Weeks Street at Clarke Avenue. The current site at University and Bell was built in 1957. Click to read more...

"Captain Kirk" lands in East Palo Alto!		It's a Wrap!
An interview with chess teacher Kenneth Kirkland Kenneth "Captain Kirk" Kirkland is East Palo Alto's resident chess guru. Captain Kirk (his preferred name) can seen around town with his roll-up chessboard spreading his love of chess at the School of Wisdom and Knowledge, Plugged In and even on local cable TV. Following is a brief interview with him. The Captain plans to start a chess club in East Palo Alto. If you want to get in touch with Captain Kirk, contact information follows the interview. What is it about chess that you value? Chess has given me the opportunity to exchange some of the knowledge, wisdom and creativity that I have with other people. Equally, others have been able exchange their visions, their ability to think and to calculate with me. So it's a sharing of high energy, high intellectual energy. Click to read more...		Reflections on the 20th Anniversary Celebration The Sept. 12th-14th Celebration was an enormous effort that had been in the works since January. Here are some reflections by two of the people most involved. Meda Okelo City of EPA Director of Community Services and Celebration Executive Producer of the Celebration William Byron Webster Film Festival Director, Chair of the Video Subcommittee and Executive Director of FreedomArts. What do residents and attendees think about the Celebration? Did it do the job? Or not? Add a comment at the end of this article to express your opinion. If you want to see the program for the Festival in the Park, click here. Also, in response to public interest, the Media Center will run the Festival films again during the week of Oct. 11 -16th on Channel 30. Here's the schedule. See the Film Festival online program for info on specific films.
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