Sarah Bass - Midbrow (Page 3)

Jazz Jewels From The Edge

Extreme Exhibit Donald O. Greene E14 Gallery 969 Broadway Ave. Oakland Closed At the E14 Gallery, poured concrete floors and walls with exposed metal beams dotting the space. Temporary easels,

Sarah Bass

11 Feb 2024 · 2 min read

You’ll Poke Your Eye Out

Stop Men Studio Open House 337 13th St. Oakland Feb. 1, 2024 Looking for the Stop Men Studio, I doubled, or rather tripled, up on the right block and turned

Sarah Bass

8 Feb 2024 · 3 min read

Grandmas Duke It Out In The Ring

Winner Winner TV Dinner Sensational 7 Wrestling 7th West Oakland CA Jan. 27, 2024 The smell of burning gasoline filled my nostrils, begging for fresh air. “That’s not OSHA

Sarah Bass

30 Jan 2024 · 3 min read

Rattos-touille

Ratto’s Deli 821 Washington St. Oakland Surrounded by other locally owned shops and restaurants, Ratto’s charm lies in the understated, no-frills-but-all-quality take on the Italian-American deli. A fourth-generation

Sarah Bass

30 Jan 2024 · 3 min read

Dark (And Long) Was The Night

“They Made Me A Fugitive” and “Aimless Bullet” Noir City 21 Grand Lake Theater Oakland Jan. 23, 2024 Who knew watching films was exhausting? If you’ve ever been to

Sarah Bass

25 Jan 2024 · 3 min read

A Jazz Quartet Walks Into A Brewery

Jazz Fridays Original Pattern Brewing 292 4th St. Oakland Jan. 19, 2024 Each Friday evening from 7 to 10 the tasting room at Oakland’s Original Pattern Brewing gets livened

Sarah Bass

23 Jan 2024 · 3 min read

A Grand Brunch

Grand Lake Kitchen 576 Grand Ave. Oakland Take an all-day diner and deli, but make it hip, in an Oakland kinda way: Grand Lake neighborhood’s Grand Lake Kitchen, a

Sarah Bass

15 Jan 2024 · 3 min read

Dr. Brains(ane) Will See You Now

Joseph Kowalczyk Fm Gallery 483 25th St. Oakland On a small pedestal at waist are a clutter of ceramic sculptures, none more than 10 or 12 inches high. They are

Sarah Bass

12 Jan 2024 · 4 min read

A Full Pour (Of Art)

First Pour by Lola SLATE Contemporary Gallery 473 25th St. Oakland, Calif. Eye-popping colors of tinted, layered resins in organic shapes ooze an unreal light. Some soothe, watery; others evoke

Sarah Bass

10 Jan 2024 · 3 min read

Good Things Lurk at Gearbox Gallery

“Press Play: Remain Creative“ Malik Seneferu Gearbox Gallery 770 W. Grand Ave. Oakland Through Jan. 6, 2024 African mask paintings stare down family portraits, a wall of small sculptures arranged

Sarah Bass

2 Jan 2024 · 3 min read

House Of Plenty (Of Veggies)

Plenty 1825 San Pablo Ave. Oakland Unassuming but delightfully fresh, with pre-pandemic pricing, imposter cocktails (Sochu in place of hard liquor), friendly staff, and a lived-in feel, downtown Oakland’s

Sarah Bass

21 Dec 2023 · 2 min read

Coffee-Curious Tour Hits West Coast

Innovation Gallery Tour La Marzocco The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab and Tasting Room 2535 Broadway Oakland Dec. 14, 2023 Are you … coffee curious? Perhaps a seasoned ‘spresso pro? A crowd

Sarah Bass

19 Dec 2023 · 3 min read

Oakland

The Little Crowd That Could

Amber Lounge Comedy 1517 Franklin St. Oakland Weekly Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. We’ve all been at a comedy show where a heckler or two drastically alters the

Sarah Bass

12 Dec 2023 · 2 min read

Persimmons Three Ways

JooDooBoo 4201 Market St. Oakland You might think it’s holiday season, but the folks at Oakland’s JooDooBoo, a Korean banchan and house-made tofu deli and market, and I

Sarah Bass

7 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

Real Food, Veganized

Roasted and Raw 607 14th St. Oakland On a beautiful, sunny California autumn afternoon on a corner in almost downtown Oakland, I walked through large plate glass windows that have

Sarah Bass

27 Nov 2023 · 3 min read

Look Up There: Art Enters The Window

We Grow Slowly Then We Disappear Michael Hyun Gu Kang The Roll Up Project 217 Harrison St., Oakland Through Dec. 13 On an almost quiet corner of the Jack London

Sarah Bass

17 Nov 2023 · 3 min read

Oh (Po’) Boy

Brenda’s 4045 Broadway St. Oakland CA Brenda’s, a new New Orleans kitchen (as in new food, not new restaurant) in Oakland, offers the expected Southern charm and disposition

Sarah Bass

15 Nov 2023 · 4 min read

Black Women Power, Shown Large

Throughline: An Art and Culinary Experience 1500 Broadway St, Oakland Through Nov. 19 In a city like Oakland, damn near everyone, especially in the arts, is connected in some way

Sarah Bass

14 Nov 2023 · 4 min read