The Oakland History Room joins the city's celebration of its 150th anniversary with a survey of Oakland's significant and unique role in the cultural arts.

The exhibition gathers materials from the city cultural heritage to illustrate this role, beginning with author Bret Harte and continuing till today.

An extraordinary diversity of talents, of innovations and of creativity are illustrated in the show - from the clever inventions of Isadora Duncan, Jack London & Willis O'Brien, the synthesis of styles in the works of Yone Noguchi, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Don Tosti, Dave Brubeck, Tower of Power and Persian-American jazz artist Neshad Bardoliwalla, the inspired beauty of the works of John Muir, Anne Brigman, Sidney Howard, Robert Duncan and Chen Jiebing to the radical voices of Henry George, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, John Handy, Jose Montoya and rapper Too Short.

"From Enriquez to the Hip Hop Nation" runs through August 1st in the Oakland History Room, on the second floor of the main library.