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The Art of Midlife 3: Snatched — Angela Garbes & Manjula Martin on Fashion
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May 28, 2026 at Local Economy in Oakland, CA
Local Economy, Oakland, California
What if getting dressed is one of the places where midlife liberation shows up first? Manjula Martin (The Last Fire Season) and Angela Garbes (Essential Labor) will explore style, identity and the power of wearing clothes that allow you to move into your body, that can make you feel more like yourself. They’ll get into fashion as art, the experience of being perceived and what we talk about when we talk about pants. The conversation will be candid, joyful, and hopefully a little weird.
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Money, Memoir and Elastic Waist Pants. Manjula and Angela in The Scratch Interview
Forget ‘flattering’: comfortable clothes make me feel most like myself. From ‘Halfway There,’ Angela’s column on midlife in The Guardian
Featuring:
Local Economy, Christie George
Date:
May 28, 2026
Time:
7:00 PM
9:00 PM
Participants & Organizers
Event website: https://luma.com/zdci3ph7
Event type:
Community
Originally posted to:
Rockridge District Association Events Calendar
Published: May 2, 2026 1:08 PM
Local Economy is a small, flexible community space on the College Avenue stretch of Rockridge, a few doors from East Bay Booksellers. It looks and feels like a bright neighborhood storefront set up for people to gather rather than a traditional venue. Inside, most things are organized around a long central table where talks, workshops, book clubs and game sessions all happen in close quarters. more...
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