In Our Neighborhood:
(Walk or bike there in 15 to 20 minutes)

Laurel Book Store: 4100 MacArthur Blvd, (510) 531-2073
A good local alternative to the Mills College Bookstore.

Acme Music: 3715 MacArthur Blvd, (510) 530-7234
Acme is a music store that offers music lessons and has many instruments in stock.

Zodiac Records and Sounds:
3817 MacArthur Blvd, (510) 531-3999
Cd and record store.

Laurel JuJitsu: 4148 MacArthur Blvd, (510) 530-5043
Offering classes in yoga, tai chi, judo, and self-defense.

Full House Cafe: 3719 MacArthur Blvd, (510) 482-2200
Open for breakfast and lunch.

Daniel's Place Restaurant: 4245 MacArthur Blvd, (510) 530-8880
A Chinese food restaurant that delivers to your dorm room.

World Ground Cafe: 3726 MacArthur Blvd, (510) 482-2933
World Ground is a cozy coffee shop and a good place besides the library to study. Another bonus is that it's run by a Mills alumna.

Farmer Joe's Market: 3501 MacArthur Blvd, (510) 482-8178
Lots of organic groceries, fresh fruits and friendly service.

Food Mill: 3033 MacArthur Blvd, (510) 482-3848
Lots of bulk items like flour, grains, sugar, etc.

Gerardo's Restaurant: 3811 MacArthur Blvd, (510) 531-5255
Cheap authentic Mexican food restaurant with friendly mom and pop service.

In the Greater Mills Area:
(Bike, walk, take your car or ride the bus there in 20 to 40 minutes)

Anna's Bistro 1801 University Ave, Berkeley (510) 849-2662
Live jazz in an intimate setting. Good place to get tea and apple pie.

Jahva House 3306 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland (510) 836-5282
Coffee house with warm atmosphere and jammin music.
Every Wednesday night is poetry/open mic. A live harpist
on Friday nights. Saturday nights feature movies that celebrate the
stories and histories of African Americans.

Spettro 3355 Lakeshore Ave, Oakland (510) 465-8320
Mills students both work there and eat there.

Ecology Center 2530 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley (510) 548-3402
Great resource for events and community services
having to do with the environment.

Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley (510) 841-2082
Irish pub & music house, community place.

Yoshi's Japanese Resturant and World Class Jazz House
510 Embarcadero West, Oakland (510) 238-9200
World famous musicians of all genres play nightly at this Mills alumna's establishment.

Ashkenaz 77 San Mateo Rd, Berkeley (510) 524-3367
Live music and a big dance floor. Also a community center offering dance lessons.

Cato's Ale House 3891 Piedmont Ave, Oakland (510) 655-3349
Neighborhood pub with live music and great food where
you don't have to be 21.

Down Home Music Store
10341 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito (510) 525-2129
Music by hard to find and local musicians.

East Bay Depot for Creative Re-use
6713 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley (510) 547-6470
Need six yards of fuzzy cow print fabric or sticky photo paper for an art project, the Depot is fun cheap place to gather odds and ends for any creative project.

City pages

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Transportation

• Bart
  
• Plan a Trip with Bart
  
• Mills Van: Ticket prices and van schedule can be obtained at Cowell.
  The van goes from our campus to the Rockridge Bart Station, then to UC Berekeley.
  The van also stops at the Tang Center (Student Health Services) upon request.
  
• ACTransit
  
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Museums

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  
• Exploratorium
  
• The Art Museums of San Francisco: de Young Museum and Legion of Honor
  
• Yerba Buena Center of the Arts
  
• San Francisco Women Artists
  
• Asian Art Museum
  
• Oakland Museum
  
• Museum of Children's Art
  
• Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
  
• A comprehensice list of museums in Oakland and Berkeley

Event Guides

• Guide of the East Bay with event calendar and best rated clubs, restaurants and shopping
  
• CitySearch.com guide to the Bay Area
  
• Monday thru Sunday guide to club events in the Bay Area
  
• Oakland Weekly Calendar
  
• East Bay Express

Sports and Recreation

• List of places to hike in the East Bay along with links
  
• AMF Southshore Lanes
  
• East Bay Regional Parks

Theatres

• Grand Lake
  
• Paramount Theatre
  
• The Parkway

Other Colleges

• A comprehensive guide to Bay Area Colleges and Universities
  
• University of California Berkeley
  
• Peralta Community College District
  
• California College of Arts and Crafts

Bookstores

• Bookstores in the San Francisco Bay Area (Berkeley, Oakland, and East Bay)
  
• Boadecias Books
  
• Cody's
  
• Moe's Books