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Sarah Bass

Sarah Bass

Born and raised Northeasterner with big citrus, avocado, and sourdough energy. Multi-media artist and creative, based in Oakland. Feeds on greens and cheese, live music, hand crafts, and sunshine.

Oakland 87 posts

Faces Line City Prints at OSA

Faces Line City Prints at OSA

OSA students learned to layer images and text to create evocative prints of their city, with instruction from visiting French artist Vincent Croguennec.

Sarah Bass

20 Feb 2025 · 4 min read

Loco-Bro Brings Bonkers Bingo

Loco-Bro Brings Bonkers Bingo

Bring out your bingo best, and maybe some earplugs too.

Sarah Bass

12 Feb 2025 · 3 min read

A Cold Open, A Cool Close

A Cold Open, A Cool Close

Noir never sleeps, nor does it nap: matineé double header took criminal women to new (old) heights.

Sarah Bass

5 Feb 2025 · 4 min read

Stay Tooned: Les Toil’s Painted Tales

Stay Tooned: Les Toil’s Painted Tales

Pinups and kooky creatures coexist in the fantastical oil paintings of Les Toil, on view at The Grand Gallery.

Sarah Bass

30 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

First In Show

First In Show

Oakland artist Marsha Balian’s collages offer an alternate reality, one in which fantastical histories and cat-men can coexist.

Sarah Bass

21 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

A Beautiful Destruction

A Beautiful Destruction

Solo exhibit “A Tangle Existence” by Nicole Irene Anderson offers a view of landscapes mangled by invasive forces.

Sarah Bass

3 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

Basement Vapes

Basement Vapes

Gen Z and millennial critics weigh on on the new Bob Dylan biopic

Multiple authors

1 Jan 2025 · 7 min read

Placement as Sculpture and Layers as Story: East Bay Open Studios Winter Finale, Recap

Placement as Sculpture and Layers as Story: East Bay Open Studios Winter Finale, Recap

East Bay Open Studios: so much art, so little time. Agustín Maes reviews Kathleen King and Jo Ann Biagini and we remind you of the other excellent works we checked out, too.

Multiple authors

17 Dec 2024 · 3 min read

Art Everywhere: East Bay Opens Studios, Hallways

Art Everywhere: East Bay Opens Studios, Hallways

East Bay Open Studios was here, with bright florals and toothy pets.

Sarah Bass

10 Dec 2024 · 4 min read

Shark Fin Soup For The Soul

Shark Fin Soup For The Soul

The temps are dropping and so is your health meter — fuel up with super-charged soups.

Sarah Bass

6 Dec 2024 · 3 min read

Imagine a Trumpet. Now, a Cello

Imagine a Trumpet. Now, a Cello

jung mudra and friends warm up a chilly November eve with acoustic charm at a single-release celebration.

Sarah Bass

25 Nov 2024 · 4 min read

Drunk on Film(s)

Drunk on Film(s)

Drunken Film Fest Oakland strikes again. Shorts from near and far served up with your favorite brews.

Sarah Bass

23 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

A Gory Substance

A Gory Substance

We say body horror, I believe, because we have no better words. The production’s heavy use of intricate prosthetics exaggerate the horror that is a human form, with silicone rearing its ugly head in an unexpected ways for Hollywood.

Sarah Bass

22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

A Majorly Millennial Meal

A Majorly Millennial Meal

West Oakland is widely known as a food desert, vast stretches of it devoid of any victuals outside of corner-store fare.

Sarah Bass

7 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

Small Sculptures Steal the Show

Small Sculptures Steal the Show

Ever lost hours in search of a sculpture you saw a decade ago and only vaguely recall, both online and among your own poorly archived history? She’s bronze, just smaller than life-sized, arms behind her back, facing the vista, standing on the side of a hill. She may be getting ready to swim…

Sarah Bass

25 Sep 2024 · 4 min read

Prescott Not-Quite-Night Market’s Got the Golden Goods

Prescott Not-Quite-Night Market’s Got the Golden Goods

Thirsty, not a little sweaty, and determined to fill up on some fried and salty food: a perfect recipe for enjoying an evening at West Oakland’s successful new-ish night market, now in its fourth month.

Sarah Bass

19 Sep 2024 · 4 min read

LOW LIFE SCUM THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME

LOW LIFE SCUM THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME

These rambunctious, cheeky, ketamine-loving miscreants also happen to be smart, angry at the British, and versed in Welsh, a dying language and deeply important part of their heritage. Cue the mayhem, and wear your stomping boots.

Sarah Bass

4 Sep 2024 · 3 min read

Bahn Mi Brings It, Sans Sriracha

Bahn Mi Brings It, Sans Sriracha

Just a few short blocks from Lake Merritt, this low profile all-day cafe makes good on its name...[with] sandwiches and salads, wraps, rice bowls, breakfast bites, a handful of pastries, and smoothies and juices a plenty, the small kitchen has something for many palates.

Sarah Bass

25 Aug 2024 · 4 min read