Oakland Connection Found In Another Country Called Home ‘Searching for Kapwa’ Film Screening and Discussion Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St., Suite 290, Oakland June 22, 2024 At the Oakland Asian Cultural Center’s screening for Searching Robin Lapid 1 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Nature, Order, and Disorder in the Art of Life and Death Artists’ Reception: Tara Esperanza, Christine Meuris, Dalar Alahverdi, Leah Korican, and Elizabeth Sher Mercury 20 Gallery 475 25th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 I was wilting under the heat of Robin Lapid 30 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Hope and History Celebrated Through Dance Fallen Heroes, Rising Stars: A Juneteenth Celebration Through Dance 494 9th St., Oakland June 22, 2024 On a closed-off block of 9th Street in Old Oakland, even the sun seemed Robin Lapid 28 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Jazzed for Brunch Jazz Brunch with Future Standard The Cook and Her Farmer 510 9th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 You know the vibes at a jazz brunch are immaculate when a diner Robin Lapid 24 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Beauty Without Borders Beyond Trend Runway Show Creative Growth Art Center 355 24th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 On a glittery, gold-colored runway taped to Valdez Street near Lake Merritt, a woman in Robin Lapid 24 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Summer Starts With An Indie Pop Oakland Weekender Thee Stork Club 2330 Telegraph Ave. Oakland June 7, 2024 Summer in June is lovely in theory, but every true Bay Area local knows that our mercurial microclimates Robin Lapid 10 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland It Must Be Love Or Madness Madness The Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland May 23, 2024 If you ever thought your middle-aged years weren’t meant for raising hell, just say to hell with the Robin Lapid 28 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Sound Of Hearts On A Gravel Road Waxahatchee The Fox Theater 2807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland May 18, 2024 To hear Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee wallop a crowd with her full-bodied wail of a voice and her plaintive, Robin Lapid 21 May 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland A Pop Dance Party For The Proletariat Belle and Sebastian The Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave. Oakland May 16, 2024 In the world of Scottish indie pop, Belle and Sebastian surely must be the hardest working band Robin Lapid 21 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Down The Rabbit Hole … Of Cocktails And Dancing Mad Tea Party Children’s Fairyland Oakland May 4, 2024 My friend Dorothy was stuck in the slide at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. I couldn’t see her, but Robin Lapid 8 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Battle Of The Lanky British Frontmen The Vaccines and The Kooks The Fox Theater Oakland March 22, 2024 It was the unofficial early aughts battle of the lanky British frontmen this past Friday night at The Robin Lapid 26 Mar 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland What Can I Say? We Love Pork Oakland Restaurant Week Senor Sisig 330 17th St., Oakland The Kon-Tiki 347 14th St., Oakland According to a viral Bay Area weather meme, by mid-March, we were firmly in the Robin Lapid 24 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Atomic Blondes And Gothic Angels Stalk The Fox The Kills and Heartworms The Fox Theater Oakland March 16, 2024 If you’ve ever wondered whether a band consisting of just two people could make enough of a racket Robin Lapid 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland A Tropical — Not “Tiki” — Interlude in the Oakland Hills Tonga in the Hills The Lobby Bar at Claremont Club & Spa Oakland March 7, 2024 In the Lobby Bar at the storied Claremont Hotel in the Oakland Hills, my Robin Lapid 12 Mar 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland The Road To Self-Discovery Involves Funny Sounds The Wholesome Circle Groundfloor Oakland March 4, 2024 “I’m Robin… whoosh!” I said as I introduced myself to a group of five strangers standing in a circle around me. Robin Lapid 10 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Beauty Of Strangers We Meet Meet the Author — Dr. Irene Sardanis Connections: The Power of Connecting with Stranger Oakland Public Library — Rockridge Branch Oakland Feb. 24, 2024 As a writer with an unceasing streak of Robin Lapid 7 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Power of Textures and Touch Artists Reception: Jessica Cadkin, Leah Korican, Monika Mayer, and Various Artists Mercury 20 Gallery Oakland Feb. 25, 2024 I have a friend who loves touching objects that look like they Robin Lapid 6 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Warrior Who Saved a Dolphin Meet and Greet: Two-Time NBA Champion Clifford Ray African American Museum and Library Oakland Feb. 24, 2024 Some of my fondest memories with my father involved watching sports, since that’ Robin Lapid 4 Mar 2024 · 3 min read