{"id":307322,"date":"2026-05-09T06:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T06:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/307322\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T06:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T06:41:08","slug":"barbara-johnson-celebration-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/307322\/","title":{"rendered":"BARBARA JOHNSON &#8211; CELEBRATION OF LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, May 16, there is a Celebration of Life gathering for Barbara Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>For over 27 years,\u00a0Barbara Johnson\u00a0was both an anchor and a compass<br \/>for the Stagebridge Theater Company. <\/p>\n<p>She believed deeply in the Company\u2019s creative and transformative power and, as a storyteller herself, she could wax lyrical about why everyone should join the Stagebridge community. <\/p>\n<p>In the spirit of Barbara Johnson, the Stagebridge Company requests your attendance at her second home where she spent many days for many years.<\/p>\n<p>The Celebration of Life gathering takes place at the First Congregational Church of Oakland, located at 2501 Harrison Street, from 11am to 1pm.\u00a0 [A parking lot is located behind the church at 27th Street.]<\/p>\n<p>A repast follows at Lakeside Lounge, 338 E. 18th Street in Oakland.<br \/>For those who wish to offer something in Barbara\u2019s honor, the family gratefully accepts desserts, wines, finger foods, and monetary contributions;<br \/>food and drinks will be provided for all who gather to celebrate\u00a0her life.<\/p>\n<p>You are welcome to send any support to The Richard Family\u00a0 2826 Union Street, Oakland, CA 94608.<\/p>\n<p>Floral donations and wreaths may be delivered on Friday, May 15th\/5pm to:<br \/>First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA 94612.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the website: stagebridge.org or call\u00a0510-210-3773.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday, May 16, there is a Celebration of Life gathering for Barbara Johnson. For over 27 years,\u00a0Barbara&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-307322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}