Entrepreneurs and Creatives BRUNCH

entrepreneurs and creatives, its brunch time. get cute, learn tips for your creative and entrepreneurial ventures, make a new friend + dine in community on a private enclosed patio at Cafe Colucci, a gorgeous ethiopean restaurant in north oakland. Limited ticketes available.

your ticket to Entrepreneurs and Creatives Winter BRUNCH includes:

• Talk #1: An intimate talk with entreperer, business coach Professional Love Letter, Keiyana Arnold, with Q+A Session
• Talk #2: An intimate talk with creativity and experiential play expert, and Founder of That Art Party, Naomi Peña.
• One entree - one vegan combo OR one meat combo (gluten free teff will be used)
• One shared appetizer
• One drink, choiuce of wine, tej or NA cocktail
• music + creative vibes

The brunch starts promptly at noon, with Talks with our guest beginnging at 1:30pm!

Due to the nature of the private event, the menu for this event is fixed to the above.

Event location:
5849 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA 94608
noon - 3:00pm

Hosted by Queer in Oakland, a queer black femme-founded organization. This event is a safe space for all queer and trans gender identifies and presentations. All all welcome in this space. By purchasing a ticket, you agree to treat all present with respect and kindness.

Before purchasing a ticket, we ask everyone to please first read our Community Guidelines

TICKETS ARE NON REFUNDABLE.

Questions? email [email protected]. Tickets are non refundable.

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About Naomi Pena
Hi Friend! My heart is dancing at the milagro that brought you here. 

My name is Naomi Fierro Peña (she/her/ella), and I am the Founder & CEO of That Art Party, art and play for BIPOC adults. 

I love astrology and spending quality time with my wife and dogson, Panchito. I am a millennial born and raised in San Francisco, California to a family of Mexican immigrants. I left my full time job as an educator after years of dancing my way through the oppressive systems seeking to confine my light.

The Bay Area taught me a love for art, an appreciation for what makes us weird, & a natural inclination to get hella hyphy.  My ancestors & elders taught me to hustle hard, and to play even harder.  And in true Aquarius style, I seek out the unconventional and aspire to longevity, hope, and healing. 

That Art Party is an amalgamation of all the things that make me - and perhaps us - human.  I started this experience as an altar to the inner child who was forced to grow up too soon, to problem-solve the world, and to serve everyone else before herself. I see you. As a queer, woman of color, I started That Art Party as a sacred space to honor our need for creative rest. BIPOC adults deserve art. We deserve to play.

Art and play are not a luxury, nor do they belong to whiteness. Ritualizing art and play is how we move from surviving to thriving. We are art, and we deserve safe spaces to relish in it. Join me to see what comes of our radical curiosity as we play through the seasons and make art along the way.

About Keiyana Arnold

Keiyana Arnold is a seasoned DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging) and recruiting strategist with over a decade of experience at tech giants like Meta, Twitter, and CNN. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, and now rooted in the Bay Area, Keiyana combines her passion for equity, community-building, and career empowerment to drive meaningful change.

Keiyana is the founder of Professional Love Letter (PLL), a platform dedicated to uplifting underrepresented communities on their professional journeys, coaching clients on personal branding, optimizing LinkedIn profiles, and consulting employers on building inclusive workplaces. PLL is a tribute to Keiyana’s life as a Lesbian Black Woman in tech—a love letter to the lessons she has learned navigating these spaces with authenticity, purpose, and power.

• beef
• lamb
• chicken
• salad
• flavor is mild - moderately spicy depending on the meat
• there are no nuts in this dish

• yellow cabbage, potatoes and carrots
• red lentils
• split peas
• collards
• salad
• flavor is mild to moderately spicy, depending on the item
• there are no nuts in this dish

Cafe Colucci serves a traditional Ethiopian dishes made with fresh heirloom spices but it didn't start that way. When Cafe Colucci opened in 1991, it was a small Italian cafe that had a few Ethiopian dishes on the menu. There weren't many East African spots in Oakland at the time and people were excited to have a place to get Ethiopian food and coffee.

Founder Fetlework Tefferi has a legacy of sharing the beauty of East African cuisine and culture. In the early 90's she ran an Afrocentric night club that hosted artists from across Africa. Cafe Colucci, our restaurant was next. Most recently, Brundo Ethiopian Spice Company, was created to source the freshest traditionally processed heirloom spices.

Fetlework brought on family friend, Daniel Aderaw Yeshiwas as General Manager. He helped open the new location and added the bar program in 2023 -featuring African spirits and local Black wine makers.

Host or Publisher Queer Nights